Thread: A frame ball joint rubbber grease boot

taking a WAG, I suspect it is larger than the standard TRE rubber boot....could and off cut of bike tube or something do the trick?

Originally Posted by uninformed

taking a WAG, I suspect it is larger than the standard TRE rubber boot....could and off cut of bike tube or something do the trick?

I am starting to think by the time I get it out I may as well replace the whole thing.
It is ten years old but no discernible play and certainly no clunk when driving.
I have done a bit of searching and found the replacement part (should have looked harder first).
So really just a cost of the boot vs new ball joint descision and of course I wont really know which way to go until I pull the ball joint out.

If it is the OEM ball joint, I would replace it. I have been told that these flog out fairly quickly (say 150,000km) but are hard to tell when checking insitu. What ever brand you buy, get an adjustable, greasable type.

M R Automotive are one place that sell this type

Also, when did you last do your A Frame Chassis bushes?

Yep, you have to half pull it out to change the boot anyway, and you'll have to wash the joint out and re-pack with some good moly grease while upside down, and.....
I used to do this with the TREs and yet for the price of a new TRE, and the stuffing around buying boots from Bursons or Repco, why did I bother ?

I'd go a new HD adjustable one, (Bearmach are good) pretty cheap if buying from the right place, and I made mine greasable too

MR in Brissy also make the really good Maxi-Drive ones, but they are quite a bit more exxy than the imported ones.

Thanks for the advice .

Will look at those bushes while I am doing the job and also lots of versions of the ball joint available and huge variation in price.

Like the idea of a adjustable/greasable one so may just have to spend the money on a good one, not something I want to be doing again in a hurry.

Just another job on the 'to do' list.

Cheers,
Paul.

Originally Posted by harro

Thanks for the advice .

Will look at those bushes while I am doing the job and also lots of versions of the ball joint available and huge variation in price.

Like the idea of a adjustable/greasable one so may just have to spend the money on a good one, not something I want to be doing again in a hurry.

Just another job on the 'to do' list.

Cheers,
Paul.

It's really not worth buying a cheap one. I did once and it wore out after the first drive (when I was driving the Battlecamp Road weekly).

Originally Posted by wally

It's really not worth buying a cheap one. I did once and it wore out after the first drive (when I was driving the Battlecamp Road weekly).

Weekly trips on that road would kill just about anything

The corrugations that can form on that road have to be some of the worst I have ever seen .

Although I was once lucky enough to drive it straight after the grader crew had been through

Aahh well, a quality ball joint is is then.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by harro

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Aahh well, a quality ball joint is is then.

Cheers.

Bearmach adjustable from Karcraft.
You might be surprised at the price