I have just brought a 1998 1.3mpi mini cooper
The guy has hardly driven it all year and so as a result has not seen th need to grease the rear radius arms, the only times he drove it were to and fro from work to keep the baterry charged and keep the engine ticking, I had to drive it 200 miles to get it home and there eas no play, it tracked straight and true, do you think the radius arms ore ok?
Yes they should be fine. But start greasing them now and a Wesco lever arm cylinder type Grease Gun from Halfords isn't expensive. But you'll probably find the LM Grease tubes (that fit inside the grease gun cylinder) to be cheaper from other motor factors (Halfords grease tubes are quite expensive).
Oh and try and buy the optional flexible end adapter, so you can then reach the top suspension arms up front. Some Halfords stores stock them (their on their website too), but some are useless so try elsewhere. But I'd advise re-fitting the fixed end whilst greasing the ball-joints, because I've ruptured many a rubber flexible end adaptor due to the extra force needed whilst pumping the grease.
Edited by taffy1967, 06 February 2010 - 01:27 AM.
