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Post by pkrboo on Aug 4, 2017 17:00:31 GMT
can i do it without taking them off?
i am thinking if i get some grease i can put in my caulking gun and then squirt it in at the small end of the rubber boot?
whadya reckon?
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Post by physiopro on Aug 4, 2017 17:26:58 GMT
Yes I think so. Only prob is you won't know if the grease has gone into the joint or just stayed in the boot 😞
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Post by Woody on Aug 4, 2017 17:37:39 GMT
I'd take them off and grease em, make sure it's done right now you'll be doing 80mph everywhere  |
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Post by Tuesday Wildchild on Aug 4, 2017 18:51:32 GMT
can i do it without taking them off? i am thinking if i get some grease i can put in my caulking gun and then squirt it in at the small end of the rubber boot? whadya reckon? Yes I put a nozzle(clean) of a mastic/silicone tube on end of greese gun nozzle and shoved it in then squeezed hard. |
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Post by rickyrooo1 on Aug 4, 2017 18:59:42 GMT
Yeah undo a side (even big one) you can re cable tie it, bollock loads of grease in and slide the driveshaft in and out to work it in
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Post by Zed on Aug 4, 2017 21:49:50 GMT
As you ashed, take the drive shaft off and do it properly. The bellows bit isn't supposed to be full of grease just the bearing. On that subject, same with rear bearings. I used to hate changing them when someone had filled every orifice to the brim. One just needs to grease the bearings.  |
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Post by pkrboo on Aug 8, 2017 20:06:10 GMT
So took off inner CV and regressed, better but still knocks but not as often, ordered new CV joint to fit. So is it inner or outer? I have the whole shaft off now and it seems like there is more play on the outer(wheel end) is there any way of telling?
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Post by Zed on Aug 8, 2017 20:10:14 GMT
So took off inner CV and regressed, better but still knocks but not as often, ordered new CV joint to fit. So is it inner or outer? I have the whole shaft off now and it seems like there is more play on the outer(wheel end) is there any way of telling? It's normally outer, the heat from the brakes dries them out. Maybe you spread remnants of the outer grease a bit while doing the inner? |
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Post by pkrboo on Aug 8, 2017 20:14:22 GMT
So took off inner CV and regressed, better but still knocks but not as often, ordered new CV joint to fit. So is it inner or outer? I have the whole shaft off now and it seems like there is more play on the outer(wheel end) is there any way of telling? It's normally outer, the heat from the brakes dries them out. Maybe you spread remnants of the outer grease a bit while doing the inner? yeah the outer does look a bit drier and stickier, sod it i'm gonna do that one and see what happens. need to do a diff output seal that i stupidly didn't do when i did the other one, tried to be cheap as it wasn't leaking and looked ok, now it leaks and i hope is the reason for the splatters for oil up the back of the bus |
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Post by Zed on Aug 8, 2017 20:20:51 GMT
It's normally outer, the heat from the brakes dries them out. Maybe you spread remnants of the outer grease a bit while doing the inner? yeah the outer does look a bit drier and stickier, sod it i'm gonna do that one and see what happens. need to do a diff output seal that i stupidly didn't do when i did the other one, tried to be cheap as it wasn't leaking and looked ok, now it leaks and i hope is the reason for the splatters for oil up the back of the bus If you were to dismantle them, likely you'd find galled bearing surfaces on all of them, clicking or not. It's such a messy job that on my own buses, again clicking or not, I replace all 4 joints just so it's done, they're not that expensive and when I've bought them as kits with rubber and grease the rubbers have lasted so far. |
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Post by rickyrooo1 on Aug 8, 2017 20:27:00 GMT
I put my inners on the outer and put the new ones on the inner, the outers were more worn due I suppose to the angle and more movement
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Post by Woody on Aug 8, 2017 20:28:47 GMT
I cheated and bought the whole kit including shafts, bolt off bolt on, easy
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Post by pkrboo on Aug 8, 2017 20:32:23 GMT
Annoyingly loads of fresh looking grease in the but just dried out horrible stuff on the joint itself. So do I put the new one in order regressed and repack and refit?
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Post by rickyrooo1 on Aug 8, 2017 20:34:19 GMT
It won't hurt to try, mind how you take apart though, it's like a Chinese puzzle, they lock up if you don't get it right, if the balls are blue though they're probably fooked
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Post by Zed on Aug 8, 2017 20:36:16 GMT
Annoyingly loads of fresh looking grease in the but just dried out horrible stuff on the joint itself. So do I put the new one in order regressed and repack and refit? Eh? |
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