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Re: ball joint boot lube

To: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
Subject: Re: ball joint boot lube
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 21:30:35 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
In-reply-to: <l03101e07b0747a8f805e@[170.140.244.186]>
Reply-to: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Jeff Boatright wrote:

> How do you guys lube your ball joint boots? I've heard everything from just
> using a grease gun with _grease_ (not oil) to removing the inner clips and
> filling each boot with oil separately. My concern with the grease is that,
> being realtively new to the car, I don't know if POs have gone the grease
> route sporadically, leaving dried, crusty grease in the works that would
> prevent the new grease from getting to the ball joint or over to the driver
> side ball joint. The concern with the clip removal procedure is the risk of
> damaging the boot.
> 
> Finally, I'm not clear on how the lubricating oil gts to the driver's side
> boot. The lube fitting is at the passenger side boot. Does the oil just
> slosh around in the rack housing?
> 
> ____________________________________________________________
> Jeff Boatright                __o_\__                   '65 A-H Sprite
> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
> 
> 
Jeff,

doesn't the oil just lube the rack itself?  I haven't had the boots off,
since they are still good, but assumed that they are not supposed to
contain oil.

    Ulix                                                    __/__,__        
.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
                                                           '67 Sprite


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