[Healeys] Grease Nipple Coil Springs

[Patrick & Caroline Quinn]

G'day

 

Perhaps someone out there will tell me the purpose of this?

 

This afternoon I have been cleaning the steering tie-rods and ball-joint
ends of the new Healey. When I unscrewed the grease nipples I noticed that
each has a small coil spring inside the part of the nipple that screws into
the back of the ball-joints.

 

Has anyone seen this before and tell the purpose of them? Now before you go
rushing out to examine yours, this is for a real Healey and not an
Austin-Healey.

 

Hoo Roo

 

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia