You mean the ball joints had a hole for a grease nipple but no nipple
installed, or they didn't have a hole at all? I've seen tie rod ends without a
hole but never a ball joint...
The balljoints I got from Rick had the hole but no zerk fittings installed.
Bought some, threaded them in, and pumped the balljoints full of grease until
the boots were full. I don't know if they had anything other than assembly
lube in them beforehand.
Theo
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net on behalf of michael king
Sent: Fri 10/9/2009 4:26 PM
To: Tiger Talk List Tiger
Subject: [Tigers] WARNING - ball joints
When i purchased my Tiger in 2007 the front end had been rebuild with all
new parts by a well known USA Sunbeam expert. I believe this work was done
around 2003. I noticed the steering on the car was very heavy and slow to
self centre. I accepted this as a Tiger thing and let it go. After a few
more months i decided that it was just a bit to slow, maybe i had to much
toe in or the alignment was bad. As it turned out i had a faulty set of
lower ball joints. They had never had any grease in them and they had no
grease nipple. They were seizing with rust.
Recently a friend who has restored his car noticed the steering had become
increasingly heavy, we discussed ths and i mentioned the ball joints, he
restored his car starting in about 1997 and finshing around 2007. He had
bought the ball joints in about 2000.. as it turns out he had the same
issue. If you have lower ball joints you bought between 1999-2004 and the do
not have grease nipples on them peel the boots back and ensure they have
grease in there, this could cause a serious accident if they seize on you.
Hope this helps some people out there.
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Regards
Michael King
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