I should have added that I had the same problem in the past so my
extensions have a long thread with a lock nut as did Ron. The only
problem then is to tighten the lock nut. Fortunately I had a very long
socket that went over the extension with the extension made out of hex
material with the same A/F as the lock nut. Having made sure that the
extension was not going to 'bottom' on the shackle bolt I then just
tightened the whole assembly.
Regards
>
> I recently did the rear springs on my BN2. ( Had them re-arched. ) I
>ran across a problem with the rear grease nipples and want to pass it along.
>
> I had trouble removing the rear shackle bolts until I removed the
>nipples They were bottomed on the shackle bolts. They would not accept
>grease and the tips were deformed by the bolt.
>
>
> Once removed they would flow grease and the bolts could be removed.
>
> When you get the replacement nipples be careful when you tighten them.
>The threaded portion on my stock BN2 nipples was long enough to cause a
>problem. I had to add a small nut to the nipple to use up some of the
>threads. Then I screwed them in finger tight, tested that the bolt was not
>bound, tightened the nut to lock it in place and confirmed that they took
>grease.
>
>Cheers
--
John Harper
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