If your arms have their original tapered steel sleeves inside, please keep them!!!
The white plastic ones in the repair kits crack easily under grease gun pressure then fill the whole hollow arm with grease.
This is not a recent problem.
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| Author: | Steam [ Wed Jul 23, 2025 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Rear suspension. Opening a can of worms. |
I pulled the wheels off the Clubby to see what is involved in fitting hydro bump stops as per sway/anti roll bar thread viewtopic.php?f=2&t=102571 Only to find the drivers side swinging arm is spewing grease everywhere and the passenger side has drooped due to a deteriorating cone . I know I put new cones in the front when I did the front end a couple of years ago but i think i picked the 'best of the rest' for the rear to save money and because the rears are easy to change later. So a complete refresh / overhaul of the rear suspension is planned and I will see how it feels when done before I do any more about bump stops or anti roll bars. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Wed Jul 23, 2025 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rear suspension. Opening a can of worms. |
If your arms have their original tapered steel sleeves inside, please keep them!!! The white plastic ones in the repair kits crack easily under grease gun pressure then fill the whole hollow arm with grease. This is not a recent problem. |
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| Author: | Steam [ Wed Jul 23, 2025 8:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rear suspension. Opening a can of worms. |
Thanks Doc, I will check them. I have numerous arms here so I can pick and choose. |
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| Author: | 68+86auto [ Thu Jul 24, 2025 10:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Rear suspension. Opening a can of worms. |
drmini in aust wrote: If your arms have their original tapered steel sleeves inside, please keep them!!! The white plastic ones in the repair kits crack easily under grease gun pressure then fill the whole hollow arm with grease. This is not a recent problem. Even the original metal ones can leak though. I just redid an arm and reused the old tube. Maybe I damaged it but it leaks. New metal ones are available too. |
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