[TR] TR Ball Joint Boots

[terryrs at comcast.net]

My wife would call it stubborn.B  I insist it's being thorough, and that that
was the reason I waited for just the right girl.



She doesn't believe it, but she at least drops it.



So here it is.B  When I restored my '59 TR3A, dismantling the frame and
rebuilding the suspension was as far as I got the first season before snow
flew and money ran out.



The following spring, when I picked it up again, I noticed the rubber boots
covering the ball joints were already rotting.B 



Now a few years later, they have disintegrated.B  Since I'm doing the nylon
silentbloc conversion anyway (thanks to 50 degree weather in December!), I'll
be replacing the boots with something better.B  Took the ball joints in to my
highly qualified machine shop to see if they had any recommendations.B  If
they don't, will take them to Toyota for kinship sizing.B 



Last moment effort to save trouble, though, does anybody have a conversion for
better Toyota quality boots that fit the TR's?B  If not, I'll post what I
learn.



Terry Smith

New Hampshire