Repacking CV joints to buy time?
#16
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
Got the pm, thanks!
I was just trying to pull the boot back so I could inject some grease, but it was on there pretty good. couldn't get it off. i didn't want to pry it with a tool because i thought i might tear the boot. Any tips? I am going to try again tomorrow. Thanks RL.
I was just trying to pull the boot back so I could inject some grease, but it was on there pretty good. couldn't get it off. i didn't want to pry it with a tool because i thought i might tear the boot. Any tips? I am going to try again tomorrow. Thanks RL.
#17
Hey Man
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Wow, haha, I might try that because it's so easy. Mine's a 951, too, so I could hope for similar results! My cv joints might just be dry, after all.
You just pulled the boot back and pushed grease in all over the joint? You weren't worried about putting in too much?
I would dare to try this so any more info would be nice. Thanks, KuHL.
You just pulled the boot back and pushed grease in all over the joint? You weren't worried about putting in too much?
I would dare to try this so any more info would be nice. Thanks, KuHL.
#18
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
Thanks, KuHl.
I guess I have a lot of questions, but is a non-moly grease okay? O'Reilly's didn't have hi-temp grease with moly, so i went with some lithium stuff, pictured. The stuff with moly didn't say it was hi-temp. Clark's suggests a moly-based grease. I think moly is usually suspended in lithium, anyway. Thoughts? is the stuff I bought any good? I don't want to take any shortcuts, so any help is always appreciated.
It has no moly, but it's hi-temp, hi-pressure.
I guess I have a lot of questions, but is a non-moly grease okay? O'Reilly's didn't have hi-temp grease with moly, so i went with some lithium stuff, pictured. The stuff with moly didn't say it was hi-temp. Clark's suggests a moly-based grease. I think moly is usually suspended in lithium, anyway. Thoughts? is the stuff I bought any good? I don't want to take any shortcuts, so any help is always appreciated.
It has no moly, but it's hi-temp, hi-pressure.
Last edited by bonus12; 11-22-2013 at 10:30 PM.
#19
Hey Man
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Thanks, KuHl.
I guess I have a lot of questions, but is a non-moly grease okay? O'Reilly's didn't have hi-temp grease with moly, so i went with some lithium stuff, pictured. The stuff with moly didn't say it was hi-temp. Clark's suggests a moly-based grease. I think moly is usually suspended in lithium, anyway. Thoughts? is the stuff I bought any good? I don't want to take any shortcuts, so any help is always appreciated.
It has no moly, but it's hi-temp, hi-pressure.
I guess I have a lot of questions, but is a non-moly grease okay? O'Reilly's didn't have hi-temp grease with moly, so i went with some lithium stuff, pictured. The stuff with moly didn't say it was hi-temp. Clark's suggests a moly-based grease. I think moly is usually suspended in lithium, anyway. Thoughts? is the stuff I bought any good? I don't want to take any shortcuts, so any help is always appreciated.
It has no moly, but it's hi-temp, hi-pressure.
#20
One of my CVs starting clicking about 2 winters ago and I didnt want to do work in the cold. To buy some time I cut a small slit in the cv boot and used a grease gun with a needle tip to put grease into the cv. That was about 15k ago and the noise hasnt returned. I know it is not the proper was to do it but it worked for me.
#21
Burning Brakes
Yes, flip the cv around. I repacked my cv, and you could easily see where the ball joint was sticking, as it was pretty deep, so I bought a new one to replace it, and in the meantime flipped the cv joint so I could drive it. Then the new one got in, and I figured I would just see how long it will last with it flipped before I put the new one in there. That was about 2 oil changes ago, so 6k miles, and no issues. Definitely agree on rotating the cv joint to squeeze some life out of them.
The ***** themselves may need replacing, and/or the boots and grease, but on replacing those, and reversing the axles, it seems to me you'd have virtually new equipment. That fits your car, for sure. OEM quality. Real cheap.