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Matt
| | Posted on Monday, May 06, 2002 - 05:57 pm: | 
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Starting some 60k items and was wandering if anyone could tell me if the swivel ball housing contains fluid or grease? I have heard both. If its fluid, then I will replace it, but if it contains grease what actions should I take and how many packets of the Land Rover swivel ball grease should I purchase? Thanks as always
Matt |
\Mike... (Mpeters)
| | Posted on Monday, May 06, 2002 - 07:09 pm: |
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Matt:
You can run either - If you have oil, you can drain and run grease - If you have grease, you can run oil BUT, if your swivels do not have a fill-level plug and a drain plug, running oil will require you tap for them. AND-(if you already have grease) you will have to pull the hub to open up the swivel and clean out the grease before adding gear oil.
One-shot grease is pre-measured - one tube per swivel application.
Oil? Just drain, then fill till overflows at the fill-level plug.
/mike |
Ron
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 01:16 am: |
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96 came stock with oil but may have been updated to grease.
crossover was mid 97.
one sachel per side for the grease |
MTB
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 03:32 am: |
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You could check under the bonnet on the cross piece in front of the radiator. My 96 has a sticker stating that grease was installed. The dealer did it before I bought it in 98. |
Jess
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 11:56 am: |
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i have a '95..do i need to do anything about it...i have never paid attention to it...
thanks,
jess |
Paul T. Schram (Paulschram)
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - 12:19 pm: |
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Jess:
YES!!! You do need to do something about it. Check your swivel ball lubricant!
I just completely rebuilt the front end in my brother in law's Rangie because the idiots at the Mercedes Stealershit where he bought it and had it seviced didn't know the swivel balls ran in oil. The CV joint exploded into many parts necessitating replacement of the entire swivel ball, housing, etc.
The only way I was able to keep parts prices below the $1K mark was buying CV joints in England.
Go buy a jug of 90 wt., pull the top two plugs from your swivel balls and dump oil in until it comes out the lower of the two top fittings. Maximum is 375 mls. If it takes about a third of a quart, it was empty, or nearly so. Turn the wheel away from the side you're working on to allow access and to allow the oil to flow into the swivel housing. You don't even need to remove the wheels to do this.
If you're curious as to the status of what's in there now, pull the bottom plug and drain, but you might not like what you find.
Good luck
paul |
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