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> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] > > Early ball joints, up thru '70, had a plastic plug in the threaded end which And the late ones do too. At least, they do on the '72 beam I'm stripping ATM. > you could remove and temporarily install a Zerk fitting. If you find you have a I was reading about this exact suggestion in my Bentley just the other day. > bad boot on an OE ball joint that still measures good, I'd suggest removing the > old boot, cleaning off the old grease, flushing fresh grease thru it, then > replacing the boot with one from an aftermarket ball joint. I think this is > likely to give you better service than just installing the new joint. -- Matt. UK. '73 1600e FB. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~