swivel grease fill?

[DiscoJen]

Thanks Steve!

Ahhhh, I see what you mean. Looks like I'll be rollin' up my sleeves again! Thanks for the feedback.

 

[john]

But I didn't tell him to OVERfill it.

Yes you did. You don't even know why you did. But you did.

 

[Steve83]

It won't hurt to top up the grease...

"Top up" in this context doesn't mean to fill it as full as you possibly can, any more than "topping up" the differential means to fill it to the top of the diff housing. Topping up the brake fluid doesn't mean to fill it to the top of the reservoir neck, and topping up the swivel grease doesn't mean overfilling that, either. If you're reading more into that phrase, then you're probably alone. I'm sure everyone else understood that "top up" means "bring to the correct level".

 

[antichrist]

I just had my swivels serviced and was told there is no way you can use one tube on each side, if you did you would have grease shooting out everyware.

I wonder if the person didn't rotate the wheel before putting the grease in. If the CV joint is in the right position, it nearly blocks the filler hole. If your service person fell for that, I suggest you look for another shop. You can easily get a full tube of grease in.
When I did mine, I removed the drain plug and flushed the swivels out with paraffin, let it drain for awhile, then "topped up" with the grease.

 

[Discosid]

Antichrist nailed it.
I flushed out the swivels with the same method. Filled with paraffin spin the wheel around a bit. I do this a couple of time and let dry out. However I have never used the Grease. I would rather have the CV sitting in a bath of oil and repair seals if they leak. I always refill up to the full plug with a 50/50 mix off good Synthetic 90w and Lucas oil. Great product very slick also reduces leaks I used their product all over the truck Steering, Gear and transfer box, diff the lot. Never had a problem.

 

[bri]

Yep. I did similar to antichrist, but just used what I had on hand which was 90w gear oil. Just drove around using that for a while and it drained easily. THen filled with one-shot.

 

[JSQ]

I go with mobil 1 75/90 every 8000 miles.

it seems a lot of the full/not full/too full problems of grease are eliminated that way.

 

[rogue_roverus]

The only problem it that the 1998 knuckles were not designed to hold 90w. They do not have drain plugs and came from the factory with grease in them. Kinda sucks, I guess I need to take the knuckles apart to clean them out and renew the grease.

Jason

 

[antichrist]

The only problem it that the 1998 knuckles were not designed to hold 90w. They do not have drain plugs and came from the factory with grease in them. Kinda sucks, I guess I need to take the knuckles apart to clean them out and renew the grease.

Jason

Or drill and tap them for drain plugs