Ball joint rubber hats?? Suppliers

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Ball joint rubber hats?? Suppliers

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Hi. Does anybody know where I can buy a batch of ball joint rubber hats? Not sure of the correct name for them but they are the things that prevent grit getting into the swivel joint. Whenever I dismantle the front hub assemblies I split them as I split the ball joint taper. Nothing wrong with the swivel joints as such. I have been doing this for years and I thought it was time I took action...
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theres a stall who always does newark autojumble in the inside "posher" stalls
he has been selling these for over 15 yrs
sorry dont know who he is,,surely worth a trip to newark for the day out anyway?
for my sins,i own a 1957 wolsleley 1500
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rolesyboy wrote: Whenever I dismantle the front hub assemblies I split them as I split the ball joint taper.
Original rubbers in good condition are soft enought to be pulled over the arm end,out of the way.
I use a screwdriver to do this. Inferior rubber split/crack.

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If you use a balljoint spiltter of the scissor type you won't cut the rubber boot.
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