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Very neat solution chaps!
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I have Devol bushes & no top nipples 
JohnV6
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2025 Renault Scenic Alpine etech "Yvette"
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Of course nothing is a good as getting under the car with a couple of 1/2” (13mm) spanner’s and doing a quick spanner check of the lower crosshead/kingpin fixings and tie rod.
I wonder how many people regularly check the tie rods? I know of at least three that have fractured, usually at the lower end where the threads start but unless you give it a wiggle, you are unlikely to notice as it stays in the normal diagonal position.
Doug
2011 Plus 4 in Rich Maroon
1972 750 “ComDom” sprinter
1958 Triton 650
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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Just barreling along Needs to Get Out More!
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I have Devol bushes & no top nipples You don't know what you're missing !
Jon M
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![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/04/27/D883AC83-4C81-4459-928D-E50BFEC29681.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](https://www.tm-img.com/images/2020/04/27/4A5FE079-BA20-4A36-85E1-0165B7521F73.jpg) I have a central remote grease "pot" with tylen hoses for the upper nipples, and a switch to select left or right! Works very well for many years, lower nipples by hand and not so often...!
Ruut Bianchi
Morgan PlusFour 2023 Bentley Midnight Emerald
Morgan 4/4 4-seater 1990 Royal Ivory
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That's a neat idea Ruut.
Saves carrying a grease gun for those long trips away.
Graham (G4FUJ)
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Ruut,
how does it cope with the engine heat. Doesn't the grease melt or do you use a higher melting point grease.
JohnV6
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My Morgan had the front suspension overhauled twice, first at 45000miles then again at 70000miles.
The car ran with non metallic bushings the first 45000 miles, then with bronze from 45´to 70´.
That´s why I asked for devol, plastic not bronze autumn 2019, when it was last overhauled.
During overhaul the front suspension was equipped with upper nipples, which I discovered when removing the wheels for polishing.
I called the garage which had done the work, asking how I should relate to my new nipples.
The reply was basically to ignore them and continue to grease the lower ones.
4/4 2 seater 2001 model
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Ruut,
how does it cope with the engine heat. Doesn't the grease melt or do you use a higher melting point grease. I use PM Petromark MoS2 EP-2 grease. No problems with engine heat so far!
Ruut Bianchi
Morgan PlusFour 2023 Bentley Midnight Emerald
Morgan 4/4 4-seater 1990 Royal Ivory
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Tim you have been copying me . I get the mog out for spring but the only pig is that nipple behind the gearbox you can bet what you want but no matter how you push it its always pointing the other way . Going to have a word with a local garage along the road to see if he will let me hire one of his ramps so I can paint the chassis from underneath One wanted 160 quid.
I had it up on my axle stands and Weber jacks for safety ps got some black chassis paint . I asked the chap if he would hire me his ramp , Better still he let me use it FOR FREE . SO I BOUGHT HIM A CARRIER BAG FULL OF BISCUITS OF ALL KINDS HE took them into his room out of the way of his daughter and son in-law and workers
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