</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by Gadget:
<strong>The shock absorber is a real good comparson. It is a highly polished crome piston rod that extends and retracts through a high pressure seal just like a shock rod.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Ben at Off Road Solutions told me it's a ball joint. (Hmmm. I wonder if he knows what he's talking about. The piston design sounds more plausable.) He said it does have grease on it, but nothing like the amount on a CV joint. He metioned that, doing serious wheeling, it might be more likely I break the rack before it has a chance to wear out. (Not a scenario I desire.)

I think I might just see if I can take the clip off and pull back the boot and see how it looks inside. If it looks relatively clean, (which I expect), I'll just put it back on and try "shoe gooing" it closed like Jaderunner did.

<small>[ 08 July 2002, 06:41 PM: Message edited by: Aurora Sandman ]</small>