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On 8 Aug 2005 at 14:04, Matthew Jones wrote: > > -----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. Hmmm, I thought they stopped in '71. At any rate, the plugs are a good thing, but you must not be tempted to just fill up the boots with grease. If you do, they won't have the flexibility they need in use, and they will burst. If you add grease, squeeze the boot from side to side between your thumb and forefinger while you add grease and stop as soon as you feel any movement inside the boot. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~