Over the years I have performed the life-saving grease injection trick using a "syringe" made for the purpose, available at many auto parts store. It is a big needle, but on the back of it there is a a fitting that snaps into a standard grease gun nozzle. I don't carry a grease gun but do carry the needle in my toolkit so I could give my CVs a fix at any old lube shop. Jim On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:15 PM Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Last weekend, at short notice, we were able to ramble across Oregon. Hood > River on the Columbia River to the Strawberry mountains on the south > eastern edge.. ended up being about 800 miles, lots of hills and a huge > headwind coming home along the Gorge..Rather than actually properly > removing my left axle to do that noisy side, at the 11th hour before we > left (getting wise about taking right off on a remote adventure after > fixing anything critical)..and of course the outer CV was the one making > noises...I rigged a short section of vacuum line to one of my SO's horse > syringes... Inserted that line through the boot with the help of a > screwdriver. I filled the syringe twice (one whole tube of CV grease) and > squeezed the grease on two "sides" of the joint... The vacuum line I cut to > length so it went into one of the spaces in the CV....It must have been > pretty dry, haven't serviced that side ever... I'll do it properly when I > do the wheel bearing soon. Anyway, It's now smooth and quiet, and I > didn't spoil a trip with a stripped or broken bolt at the last minute... > |
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