Home » Public Forums » GMCnet » CV & U Joint grease
| CV & U Joint grease [message #168869] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 03:24  |
jtblank
Messages: 237
Registered: June 2007
Location: Tulare, CA
Karma: 1
|
Senior Member |
|
|
I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot? Would over filling lead to failure?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
John Blankenship
'76 Palm Beach
Tulare, CA
|
|
|
|
| Re: CV & U Joint grease [message #168891 is a reply to message #168869] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 09:16  |
 |
Matt Colie
Messages: 8547
Registered: March 2007
Location: S.E. Michigan
Karma: 7
|
Senior Member |
|
|
| jtblank wrote on Tue, 08 May 2012 04:24 |
I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot? Would over filling lead to failure?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
|
John,
If you pack the joint cavities completely, that is adequate.
Not only is it difficult to fill the boot, it isn't necessary.
If you could fill both solidly with grease, it would not be likely to cause a failure of the joint, but it would almost certainly cause the boot to leak. Those things don't seal all that well with the best installation, so challenging them with excess grease will likely only cause a mess that you can easily avoid.
One of my front drive cars had a note in the service manual and it said to empty the pre-measured grease packet into the boot OR pack the joint and put a 25cc glob of grease in the boot. I never figured any good way to measure a 25cc glob.
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] CV & U Joint grease [message #168892 is a reply to message #168869] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 09:27 |
 |
USAussie
Messages: 15912
Registered: July 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Karma: 6
|
Senior Member |
|
|
John,
IMHO:
1) Valvoline Synpower is the best grease to use.
2) Fill the CV joint bowl, no need to put it in the boot there's nothing
there that needs lubrication.
Regards,
Rob M.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Blankenship
I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the
maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I
know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot?
Would over filling lead to failure?
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no
chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
John
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Regards,
Rob M. (USAussie)
The Pedantic Mechanic
Sydney, Australia
'75 Avion - AUS - The Blue Streak TZE365V100428
'75 Avion - USA - Double Trouble TZE365V100426
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] CV & U Joint grease [message #168921 is a reply to message #168869] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 12:33 |
rssbob
Messages: 259
Registered: January 2004
Location: La Mesa, Ca. (San Diego a...
Karma: 0
|
Senior Member |
|
|
On May 8, 2012, at 1:24 AM, John Blankenship wrote:
>
>
> I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot? Would over filling lead to failure?
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
>
>
> --
> John Blankenship
> '76 Palm Beach
> Tulare, CA
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
John,
When I redid my boots I followed the directions that came with the boot kits. Check out this picture and my comments with it. The kit came with 2 packages of grease in each and the instructions said, "one package of grease goes in the joint, the other goes in the boot".
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/cv-joint-boots/p5699.html
Bob Sobrito
1978 Palm Beach
La Mesa, Ca
antique pocket watch repair
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Bob Sobrito
78 Palm Beach
La Mesa, Ca
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] CV & U Joint grease [message #168925 is a reply to message #168921] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 13:04 |
Bob de Kruyff
Messages: 4260
Registered: January 2004
Location: Chandler, AZ
Karma: 1
|
Senior Member |
|
|
| rssbob wrote on Tue, 08 May 2012 11:33 |
On May 8, 2012, at 1:24 AM, John Blankenship wrote:
>
>
> I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot? Would over filling lead to failure?
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
>
>
> --
> John Blankenship
> '76 Palm Beach
> Tulare, CA
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
John,
When I redid my boots I followed the directions that came with the boot kits. Check out this picture and my comments with it. The kit came with 2 packages of grease in each and the instructions said, "one package of grease goes in the joint, the other goes in the boot".
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/cv-joint-boots/p5699.html
Bob Sobrito
1978 Palm Beach
La Mesa, Ca
antique pocket watch repair
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
|
That sure looks like a lot of grease to me Bob.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] CV & U Joint grease [message #168928 is a reply to message #168925] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 13:13 |
rssbob
Messages: 259
Registered: January 2004
Location: La Mesa, Ca. (San Diego a...
Karma: 0
|
Senior Member |
|
|
On May 8, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Bob de Kruyff wrote:
>
>
> rssbob wrote on Tue, 08 May 2012 11:33
>> On May 8, 2012, at 1:24 AM, John Blankenship wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot? Would over filling lead to failure?
>>>
>>> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>>>
>>> Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Blankenship
>>> '76 Palm Beach
>>> Tulare, CA
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> GMCnet mailing list
>>> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>>> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>>
>> John,
>>
>> When I redid my boots I followed the directions that came with the boot kits. Check out this picture and my comments with it. The kit came with 2 packages of grease in each and the instructions said, "one package of grease goes in the joint, the other goes in the boot".
>>
>> http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/cv-joint-boots/p5699.html
>>
>> Bob Sobrito
>> 1978 Palm Beach
>> La Mesa, Ca
>> antique pocket watch repair
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> GMCnet mailing list
>> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>
> That sure looks like a lot of grease to me Bob.
> --
> Bob de Kruyff
> 78 Eleganza
> Chandler, AZ
> _______________________________________________
> GMCnet mailing list
> Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
> http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
I know Bob,
I just followed the instructions and the grease packets that came with the kit. And I never heard that axle asking for any more.
Bob Sobrito
1978 Palm Beach
La Mesa, Ca
antique pocket watch repair
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
Bob Sobrito
78 Palm Beach
La Mesa, Ca
|
|
|
|
| Re: [GMCnet] CV & U Joint grease [message #168936 is a reply to message #168921] |
Tue, 08 May 2012 14:18 |
Jp Benson
Messages: 649
Registered: October 2011
Location: Fla
Karma: 2
|
Senior Member |
|
|
I recently bought some reman axles from Advance Auto and switched the "rebuilt" CV joints to my old axles. The CV joints came with the cavities packed full of grease but none in the boot.
>________________________________
> From: robert sobrito <rssbob@cox.net>
>To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
>Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 1:33 PM
>Subject: Re: [GMCnet] CV & U Joint grease
>
>
>On May 8, 2012, at 1:24 AM, John Blankenship wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I'm redoing both the inner and outer cv joints and after reading the maintenance manual x7525, I can't find anywhere how much grease to use. I know to use a good moly grease but do you fill the ball cavity and the boot? Would over filling lead to failure?
>>
>> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>>
>> Cleaned out with mineral spirits and followed with lacquer thinner, no chips, cracks, discoloration. Should be good to go.
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Blankenship
>> '76 Palm Beach
>> Tulare, CA
>>
>_______________________________________________
>GMCnet mailing list
>Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
>http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
>
>
>
_______________________________________________
GMCnet mailing list
Unsubscribe or Change List Options:
http://temp.gmcnet.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gmclist
|
|
|
|
Goto Forum:
Current Time: Wed Nov 20 11:41:48 CST 2024
Total time taken to generate the page: 0.01775 seconds
|
GMCforum
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
