On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:25:35 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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There are seals which keep the dirt out...and then there are seals
which keep the grease in.
Ball joints on steering gear in your vehicle is of the (normally)
latter type.

Pins on heavy equpment..which we are talking about..is of the first
type. Or are you saying that you grease once..and once its
filled..you
never grease again?

Then we have things like automotive drive lines and U joints.
(Grin)..which catagory do those fall into? Hummm?

As I said..this is not..not my first rodeo.

Gunner

Factory U joints are greased for life.

Their life ends when all the grease is gone.

Really? On some NEWER vehicles..but hardly on ALL vehicles

My 1978 Chevy G20 van has grease zerks all over the drive line..and
IRRC..there are at least 3 of them, not counting the carrier bearing

As for the "factory u joints" on the newer vehicles..the reason many
go bad..is because the grease went away. Which is one of the reasons
I have and use one of these:

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...ase+gun+needle

Works very well on CV joints, bagged ball joints and other similar
devices.

My 1997 Mazda B3000...still has the original steering gear..no zerks
on the ball joints (but on everything else)..and the vehicle has
440,000 miles on it. Because I greased it regularly.

Shrug


Gunner


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