After finally tracking the groaning in the front end of the Black car, the lower balljoints were deemed to be source of the noise.

Being sealed, I love this practice, not many choices, or are there.

Replace the joints, very difficult without the right adaptors etc.
Replace the vertical units with joints fitted, costly as hell.
Grant's fix, yes.

I have fitted grease nipples (zerk fittings for some markets?????), and given them both a good dose of fresh grease.

Totally different car, smoother, quieter, NO stiffness in the steering, just like a Jaguar should be.

I have written this up in a Word Doco, but it is 7mb in size, and too large to upload, 5mb being the max size.

If anyone is interested and wants it, please PM me your "direct email address" and I will oblige.

If there is someone who is a real IT wizz and has a way of converting it to PDF (I think thats the terminology) they are more than welcome to do so, and make it available via this post.

 

Grant, can you specify the zerk fitting sizes used?
If you send me the file, I can convert to pdf and send back to post. Will PM you.

 

Tony,

DAMN, brain fade, and that was only an hour or so ago.

I had some 1/4NF (UNF to some) 45deg fittings in the biscuit tin, so they were nominated as suitable. Then the next blockage, "do I have a #1 thread tap in 1/4NF", found it. Good to go.
Got the PM, and replied to that PM and your email address.

 

Here is the file, which is now in PDF, with much thanks to TonyX, who also taught me how to do the same.

Fitting grease nipples to lower balljoints of X200.pdf