Lower Control Arms - Grease Zert

[303Radar]

It might be, I'd have to make sure I clean the hole really well so I don't leave metal shavings in.
I'll take a look later, I have the parts in the deep freeze to see if that makes putting the ball joint easier to put in. Everything is at a weird angle or size and it makes pressing the parts in and out very, very difficult. Everything slips out of alignment on the press way too easily.

 

[La Hot Rods]

Can you just grind some more clearance in the ball joint for the zert?

 

[303Radar]

Can you just grind some more clearance in the ball joint for the zert?

Possible, yes, good idea, not sure. With the ball joint which is out, I could and just ensure I line it up correctly when I press it back in. However, these are hard to press in and out. It is hard to get a round piece of metal in the correct diameter and these are slipping in the press without a jig to hold them in place. And having one more thing to line up and keep lined up might be too much to think about while keeping everything in alignment.

 

[Simon]

Been awhile since I have had a chance to get on the car. I had to modify my knuckle arms to fit on the drop spindles and ridetech control arms. Now with the zerks fitted I have lock to lock clearance no matter what the ride height.

 

[303Radar]

I had about .100 machined off the back side of the steering arm and will modify the back side of the drop spindles so the steering arms will mount without interference of the bulge on the back side.
Is this what you did? Or similar?
I can't easily tell from the pics.

 

[Simon]

I milled 6mm (0.236") off the knuckle mounting faces then had to file/sand the CPP 2" drop spindle inside web for clearance. In the end I was able to pass a thin feeler gauge between the knuckle and spindle ensuring there was no contact. Polished out the scores and painted.
You could try milling a little less but as you can see from the previous photos it is fairly tight still.
Risks are trying to maintain a parallel between the two mounting faces when machining and removing all deep scores and ensuring rounded edges. Don't remove to much material from the knuckle arch.

 

[303Radar]

Thanks for the info and pics!