Mathew Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Not happy about the ball joint, only been on the car 10 miles, it came with the car in a new box. So I don't know where it came from, luckily I have a spare to replace it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Is that the rubber boot completely disintegrated? If so, I had exactly the same on a 2.5PI with brand new parts from a reputable local specialist. The quality of rubber on new parts is shocking. Said specialist free-issued me a pair of new boots because they know of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Hi Mathew, sadly rubber suspension/steering parts are not good at all. Here is a company that only does these parts but using quality materials http://www.balljointboots.co.uk/ I have no connection with them but many people from another TRiumph club give then the thumbs up. Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted June 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Thank you, will see about getting some boots as the ball joint is fine👍. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 And that perished boot is an MoT fail. Earlier Standard cars used a greasable ball joint, with sliding metal discs to seal them over. No rubber boot. The Standard 8 fits small chassis Triumphs, I think, if you can get them. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 They also had felt washers to keep moisture out; I'm wondering if it had to be greased too before use, or just left dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 1 hour ago, JohnD said: And that perished boot is an MoT fail. Earlier Standard cars used a greasable ball joint, with sliding metal discs to seal them over. No rubber boot. The Standard 8 fits small chassis Triumphs, I think, if you can get them. John I have a pair of those, genuine stanpart in their boxes. The metal shields are simple and I presume effective? But the radon I bought them is that physically they are smaller, and give extra clearance when using vented discs. Re rubber boots, Bill Davies (who knows more than most of us) was adamant the boots fitted to new balljoints is rubbish, but the replacement boots are ok. To the extent is is worth fitting replacement boots to new balljoints when initially fitting. I have successfully used the company linked to above for balljoints, happy to recommend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark powell Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Another recommendation for balljointboots..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffipaul Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Anybody got recommendation for quality steering rack gaiters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Thanks for the link to the boot company - fitted a new pair of track rod ends last September (NOS ones in a Stanpart box) and one of the boots has split already. Just need to go and have a measure of the old ones to see which ones I need! Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 Last month a local had a (not a) MOT offer a failure due to the orig greasable TRE had a rubber cup that could allow road debris It was as designed and the rubber cup was perfect, we changed it to a new one which probably will fail quickly And some warning NOS has the possibility of 40+ yr old stock and rubbers degrade as a matter of course as Gully has experienced Its not always a good idea where rubber is involved Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 16 hours ago, Gully said: Just need to go and have a measure of the old ones to see which ones I need! Hi Gully. Assume that's for GT6. If so, If you can let me know the measurements please , as will be handy for my Vitesse. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 On 2 July 2019 at 14:42, daverclasper said: Hi Gully. Assume that's for GT6. If so, If you can let me know the measurements please , as will be handy for my Vitesse. Cheers, Dave I remembered that I'd kept the boots off my old TREs when I changed them last year as the boots were in good condition. Miraculously, they were where I'd thought they'd be, so have swapped the split one out for one of those. In terms of dimensions, I would need to buy Boot 2 on that linked page - hole diameters around 30mm and 12.5mm. Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daverclasper Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 Thanks for that Gully. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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