Re: Knuckle Joint Dust Covers
I'm afraid that we don't do strong sunlight in bonny Scotland guys
Maybe extreme cold and strong rain has the same effect?
Seriously, my car spends it's time in the garage when it's not actually being driven (so approx 95% of the time then
) so sunlight ain't the problem. I haven't jacked the car up since I fitted these last two covers but I know that when I do they are both going to tear. The first ones I fitted during the build all perished before I even got on the road and since then I've been replacing the covers and nylon cups and putting them back on keeping a spare pair 'overhauled' ready to go on which raises another question - the covers are made of some sort of polyurethane material rather than rubber and I have been using a grey coloured grease (molybdenum? ) meant for cv joints in them . I'm just beginning to wonder if that grease is compatible with the cover. Back in the day I had Minis for 12 years giving them all sorts of abuse auto testing and so on and the only time I ever had to touch these joints was once when a front one broke. Them was the days