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Additional protection of ball joint rod ends

Ball joints are able to serve a long time only in the event that they do not fall into the water and dirt. Sealing joints can be improved and thereby increase their longevity, if for every ball pin (after removing it from the slot) over the existing factory rubber seal 2 to put the washer 3 cut from a soft foam rubber thickness of 10-15 mm.

More than a simple but effective way to protect ball joints is that they wrap 2-3 layers of PVC film. The ends of the film secured with adhesive tape.

Durability ball sharnirova steering linkage and suspension depends on the integrity of rubber protective covers. Damaged covers can be successfully replaced by scraps of bicycle inner tube length of 100-120 mm. The inside of the cover attach rings 10 mm wide from the same camera, and on the outer thrust - copper wire with a diameter of about 1 mm.

To hinge car steering linkage served longer in foam thickness of 40 mm, cut the ring outer diameter of 65 mm and an inner - 10 mm. Soak it NIGROL and lightly wrung out, put in the cover of the hinge, the smear "lithological 24" in the assembly. Observations show that protects the joint from NIGROL water better than "Litol 24", which is necessary to fill the bag. This saves and deficient lubrication.

Sticker rubber patches usually useless, as during her cover falls off. You can restore the tightness of several covers this way. Clean skim gasoline internal and external surface of the cover to grease glue "88" and apply a thin layer of nylon fabric (piece Stockings). Then - two layers, also with glue.

After drying, put the covers on the machine, where they regularly serve.

How to save the hinges of steering drafts? For vehicles in which they are lubricated through the grease fittings with a syringe, it is recommended before this operation preload spring hinge clamp. A few extra minutes in the car service - but a guarantee that the lubricant in the joint completely replaced by expelling abrasive particles, dirt.

On some models, the hinges of steering drafts do not have grease fittings for lubrication. Therefore it is necessary from time to time (3-5 thousand kilometers, depending on the operating conditions) to do these nodes "prick." Take an ordinary medical syringe 10 cm ^{3 and} a thick needle to it. Preheat NIGROL or hypoid lubricant, tuck into a syringe and puncture the rubber mud cap on top of the hinge, enter the portion of the lubricant. a hole in the rubber immediately drags when you pull out the needle.

Joints in the steering drive some vehicles can not be blurred. Factory experts believe that the operation cheaper to replace worn the new node. In terms of the motorist is not quite true. Lubricate the unit once or twice a year is cheaper than paying for a new part and replacement work. Therefore, the machine without removing parts, drill in the center of each plug hole diameter of 5.2 mm. Gently to chips from getting inside hinges narezhte holes in M6, the same as in the cases of ball joints on the arms of the suspension. From M6 fabricate plug length of 4-5 mm holes.

After such adaptations every time servicing the machine, replenish grease all joints, adapting to this shtaufernuyu oiler 4 soldered threaded tip of appropriate diameter.

Operating instructions recommend many cars every 100 thousand kilometers apart and replenish grease in them. However, in practice, especially when driving on muddy roads, necessity for replacement or replenishment of lubrication occurs much more frequently. To disassemble wherein the hinges can be made in their caps threaded holes in which threaded M6, and to wrap them in a fitting.

After this revision lubricate the joints - a matter of minutes, for medium joints need a syringe with a curved tip. In order to keep out dirt nipples, at the end of the work for them wear rubber caps.