Greasing U-joints has created a monster
#1
04-10-2010, 09:39 AM
Greasing U-joints has created a monster
ever since rebuilding my DS i grease my joints and shafts reguarly. however today when i was under there greasing and cleaning and swappin oil and filters i noticed that the excess grease from the joints spins off the joints and shaft and has created a monster of a mess under my truck. there is grease stuck to the side of the oil sump, the frame and more. i wiped it down and now i think everything has a nice protective coat of grease.... anyone dealing with this? or am i just over greasing everything? or should i suck it up and clean more often so it doesnt look like my u joints threw up all over my under carriage...
#2
04-10-2010, 09:44 AM
ever since rebuilding my DS i grease my joints and shafts reguarly. however today when i was under there greasing and cleaning and swappin oil and filters i noticed that the excess grease from the joints spins off the joints and shaft and has created a monster of a mess under my truck. there is grease stuck to the side of the oil sump, the frame and more. i wiped it down and now i think everything has a nice protective coat of grease.... anyone dealing with this? or am i just over greasing everything? or should i suck it up and clean more often so it doesnt look like my u joints threw up all over my under carriage...
yeah it is pretty common just clean it off everytime u change the oil.My trucks do the same thing
it makes one hell of a mess when u grease them just look at it this way ur truck wont rust in that spot now
#4
04-10-2010, 11:09 AM
#6
04-10-2010, 11:51 AM
Be careful though because after a bit of spirited driving the other day (late to work) my cat started on fire or nearly started on fire, i don't exactly know, it was smoking something fierce though. Was pretty funny actually, I just kept driving and it stopped eventually. People must have though I was crazy.
#9
04-10-2010, 06:54 PM
Baja
If you don't like the grease flinging off when driving, just wipe it off the u-joints when you're done lubing it.
The reason you want to have new grease coming out from around the seals is so you know you've purged all the old grease, not so you have lot's of grease outside the u-joint.
#10
04-10-2010, 07:45 PM
No. If you don't see new grease coming from around all 4 seals on each u-joint you haven't greased it properly.
If you don't like the grease flinging off when driving, just wipe it off the u-joints when you're done lubing it.
The reason you want to have new grease coming out from around the seals is so you know you've purged all the old grease, not so you have lot's of grease outside the u-joint.
If you don't like the grease flinging off when driving, just wipe it off the u-joints when you're done lubing it.
The reason you want to have new grease coming out from around the seals is so you know you've purged all the old grease, not so you have lot's of grease outside the u-joint.
true, wipe it off, I gease my DI every spring (10k mies maybe), the mobil syn oozes out still reddish.( I inspect about 4 times/year)
Then I wipe off the excess. (wipe the zerks off, first, also)
luck,greg
Last edited by greg409; 04-10-2010 at 07:53 PM.