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Old Dec 29, 2006
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Balljoint Greasing?
I was wondering how much grease to put in the lower balljoints and how much in the upper balljoints I have a regular grease gun. I have the MOOG balljoints

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I am prob wrong but I keep putting it in until I start to see it coming out.. LOL
 
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I am prob wrong but I keep putting it in until I start to see it coming out.. LOL
I did that last time on the lower ones and they were buldging and popped after a couple weeks
 
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just a few pumps or untill they have some play in them when u push on them. if you fill them till the greese comes out then u might pop it.
 
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Like I said.. I am prob wrong LOL! Oh well...
 
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I grease my upper ones till the boot is full and it starts coming out. Havent had a problem with the year and a half Ive been doing it.
 
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the rule of thumb that i learned in auto shop was that you fill them just until u see the boot bulge, if you go too far, to were the grease comes out, it could break the boot and thats not good
 
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