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Fiji
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What is the purpose of the hole? Is it for putting grease in?


nah, thats just a xtra breather.,, for when she's hot and sweaty

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ryan wrote:
What is the purpose of the hole? Is it for putting grease in?


I assume it would be to give clearance when withdrawing the rod from the casing. They are so reliable though I have never had to pull one apart.

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Bah! This thread has just reminded me that I didn't order a new seal for this :x
There's no way I'm going to try and refit the 2kg of silastic that was in there before.

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simon k wrote:
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In my 33 years of Mini ownership I have never had a car with a seal there. :lol: :lol: :lol:


even when you were racing on dirt?

sealing up the hole keeps it from being a nice gravel scoop to gunk up the grease in there and wear out the linkages

silicone works the best :)

I never had a seal, I never said I didn't seal it. :lol:
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Its not like they even wear out, someone has just been lazy somewhere in the chain of ownership....

You guys are the reason every one I come across needs the rubber replaced...but I'm getting there one at a time... :lol:

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