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Ball joint with grease fitting?
Well I am still trying to chase down some front end noise. The latest is greasing the front ball joints with a needle into the boot. This has helped.
Has anyone tried to drill and tap so that a grease fitting can be added to the ball joint? I have an old set and I was thinking about trying.
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I can't imagine it would be a bad idea. Just be sure to deburr the hole really well after drilling and tapping. Aren't those joints supposed to be permanently lubed? I never understood how they got away with that stuff.
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New Ball Joints are less than $75. I would recommend replacing them instead of using grease as a band-aid fix. If there is noise present, that means that there is excessive clearance from wear. Grease will only mask that noise for a short time. Replacing the joints is relatively cheap and is very easy.
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Now if you were to drill into a new joint and adapt a grease zerk you would want to pack the flutes of the drill with grease in order to capture the tailings. Most grease zerks are self-tapping, so once the hole is made you'd be home free.
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Thanks for the reply.
Yes I also think that the old joints are worn out and need to be replaced. I want to do this because I think they only last about 30k miles depending on the road conditions. I think that having new joints with grease fittings would be great. Then the joint should last a very long time. I think that putting a hole in the ball would be very much no good at all. So this is why I am thinking about using the old joints that I still got. You know for a test case. If the BJ is made similar to the inner tie rod ball joint then there will be some sort of "plastic" under the steel ball. I am hoping this will make it easier to decide when to stop drilling. The other reason for wanting to do this? Someday the new BJ supply will end.
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