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Suspension

Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2018 2:24 pm
by Wibblyp
Hi all, rear offside arm won't accept grease. Taken nipple off and pumped grease thru it-seems fine. Does anyone have a solution ?

Many thanks
Paul

Re: Suspension

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2018 8:42 am
by DotMatrix
I have also experience this from time to time, but have been able to pump some grease in by applying more force. the only other solution I can think of is to take the axle out of the arm and clean both the arm and axle (it has a grease passage drilled through)

Re: Suspension

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:33 am
by Wibblyp
Thanks. Thought that might be the case. Came across the idea of heating up a wielding rod til red hot and inserting into the grease point, seems to have been done on jeep wranglers before and wondered if it had been tried on a metro. Is there a way of aligning the hole to try this ?

Re: Suspension

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:18 pm
by DotMatrix
that might clear the grease-way in the axle, but the bearings in the arm will still probably be packed full of old dried grease. I think that taking off and using a solvent is the best solution.