Ball joint boot replacement

[SVOeric]

so far as I know, there are only 2 sizes... it fights tight, but it should fit.

[schlot]

Woohoo....well just had to be a little meaner about things I guess. Popped that ball joint out without a hassle...guess I was worried the fork was going to mess up the ball joint.

Next question, as I remove the ball joint boot, is there any advantage in putting some grease on the exposed (top) side of the ball joint, before I put the new boot on?

Thanks again.

[SVOeric]

YES, you should put quite a bit of grease in there. the grease isn't for lubrication, it's there to keep water out.

[schlot]

Thanks guys....lithium huh? Well...got any ideas for the 3.5# of bacon grease I had kept then?

I did notice on the passenger side one that there was some surface rust on the ball portion...so apparently the boots were torn for some time.

[schlot]

One down...swapped out passenger side last night. i did call SVPU about the fact that the bushing looked SO much different from the oem...but it fit on well and looks great.

[schlot]

I got this part of our project and documented it for others to see what I did.

http://svomustang.blogspot.com/2008/09/these-boots-are-made-for-cracking.html

Hope this helps someone.