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hey all, i noticed a lot of talk lately about greasing the ball joints. i have the original ball joints on my car and they are still nice and tight. i would like to keep them that way! i think russ mentioned something about fitting a grease nipple on them? how do you go about this? do i remove the plastic plug at the top and fit the grease nipple there? Also on the same subject of greasing the front end. i have become paranoid about greasing my front axle. all this talk about how difficult it is to remove the front bushings and having to custom fabricate the parts has gotten me shaken in my boots. i don't want to have to go through will all that stuff. so to get to my question, the seals that are at the end of where the torsion bars come out and connect with the sway arms, are they hard to replace? mine are dry and old and i would like to prevent water from being able to get in there as well as dirt. it sort of freaks me out about having to remove the torsion arms because i don't have the tool to measure the angle they are at so when i put them back in my car it is at stock height, and riding even. is there a technique to doing this that i would not need the special vw tool shown in the bentley? i am confident i can do the job but this angle thing is holding me back. how does everyone else out there do this? any creative ideas? I also wanted to let Dave Hall know that i finally got my brass ring that goes under the horn ring. i bought one from isp west. the holes did not line up with my horn ring but i drilled new ones and wa-la! i have a horn! i love when things get fixed! Just wanted to let you know. much love from the rolling hills of pa, jesse 71 fi squareback and others ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org