Drag link grease nipple

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guineafowl21

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• Mar 2, 2015

• #1

Hi all,

The outer ball joint on my 02 Td5 Def 90 recently started squeaking, but had no play. I removed the link, drilled a hole in the top of the joint, tapped some threads and screwed in a grease nipple. However, when I tried to pump in grease it stopped and locked up the joint. Looking in the hole, I could see there was a plate over the top of the actual joint which I can't drill - I imagine the grease put pressure on this to lock up the joint.

How have others fitted grease nipples to ball joints?

 

freelance

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• Mar 2, 2015

• #2

Through the side

 

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guineafowl21

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• Mar 2, 2015

• #3

Yes, that's what I was thinking. I've never seen one done like that, though.

Cheers

 

the_wolf

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Why don't you just replace the ball joint? It's a hell of a lot easier than fitting a grease nipple to it. I've had ones with grease nipples fitted before and they come fitted in the top.

 

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guineafowl21

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• Mar 3, 2015

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Fair point, but as I say there was no play, just a squeak. I had all the stuff to do the job to hand and it didn't take long.

In the end I just filled the cavity with engine oil, put the grease nipple back in and the squeak has gone for now.

 

Last edited: Mar 3, 2015