Re Assembly of bottom ball joint

[maverick]

Hello Fellow Staggers,

Here are two quick fire easy questions for you.

1. On re assembly of the bottom ball joint,should the taper be lubricated before tightenening,if so what with?

2.The job started with replacement of drag strut bushes and now replacing most bushes and repainting the bottom suspension assembly.

Question is,in the interest of trying to maintain originality,was the suspension paint,control arm,drag strut etc painted in a gloss or satin type black?.

All help will be greatly appreciated,

Many thanks in advance,

Mark













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maverick wrote:

Hello Fellow Staggers,

Here are two quick fire easy questions for you.

1. On re assembly of the bottom ball joint,should the taper be lubricated before tightenening,if so what with?

2.The job started with replacement of drag strut bushes and now replacing most bushes and repainting the bottom suspension assembly.

Question is,in the interest of trying to maintain originality,was the suspension paint,control arm,drag strut etc painted in a gloss or satin type black?.

All help will be greatly appreciated,

Many thanks in advance,

Mark


Hi Mark, do NOT grease the taper, it willrotate as you try to tighten it. The suspension parts are painted with "chassis black " so satin is accurate. Martin.










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