[Healeys] Fw: Re: BN1 rear spring grease nippel

[John Harper]

I should have added that I had the same problem in the past so my 
extensions have a long thread with a lock nut as did Ron. The only 
problem then is to tighten the lock nut. Fortunately I had a very long 
socket that went over the extension with the extension made out of hex 
material with the same A/F as the lock nut. Having made sure that the 
extension was not going to 'bottom' on the shackle bolt I then just 
tightened the whole assembly.

Regards

>
>     I recently did the rear springs on my BN2.  ( Had them re-arched. )  I
>ran across a problem with the rear grease nipples and want to pass it along.
>
>     I had trouble removing the rear shackle bolts until I removed the
>nipples  They were bottomed on the shackle bolts.  They would not accept
>grease and the tips were deformed by the bolt.
>
>
>     Once removed they would flow grease and the bolts could be removed.
>
>     When you get the replacement nipples be careful when you tighten them.
>The threaded portion on my stock BN2 nipples was long enough to cause a
>problem.  I had to add a small nut to the nipple to use up some of the
>threads.  Then I screwed them in finger tight,  tested that the bolt was not
>bound, tightened the nut to lock it in place and confirmed that they took
>grease.
>
>Cheers

-- 
John Harper