Originally Posted by drowssap
(Post 235785)
your stock ones lasted 70000 without being greased at all, missing the new ones once or twice in the last 6-months is not the cause.
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I used the Precision ones. I am always surprised that when I grease them at 5000km interval they are always empty ?? Is my grease too thin ?? I use all-purpose grease.
I reused the original snaprings instead of the cheapy rings that came with the new joints. |
Originally Posted by jpluncford21
(Post 235781)
And yes I greased them at every oil change.
When you did grease it did you get new grease coming from around all 4 seals on the u-joint? Technically you're supposed to grease them before assembly, though I don't know how it affects the service life if you just do it after installation. I've done it both ways, depending on my mood and haven't seen a difference. Missing a couple of maintenance greasings shouldn't cause failure so soon, though it will reduce the overall life. It's highly dependent on the environment they live in though. As far as what brand you use, that's totally up to what you're comfortable with. But I've been using Neapco/PDQ for years without any issues. The PDQ u-joints do have a warranty. On the other hand, it could have been a defective u-joint out of the box. Any new part can turn out to be defective. I once spent many hours trying to diagnose crappy running on my '62 when I swapped out the distributor, plugs and wires, thinking I'd screwed something up. Turned out 3 of the 4 brand new Champion plugs were bad. I still use Champion sometimes.
Originally Posted by frankieoboy
(Post 235789)
I used the Precision ones. I am always surprised that when I grease them at 5000km interval they are always empty ?? Is my grease too thin ?? I use all-purpose grease.
I use Castrol Pyroplex Blue, but there are a lot of good greases out there. |
I found that the grease that the factory packed in my new bearings had hardened to something like wax, I had to clean the old grease out of the X before I could get new grease pumped through.
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