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 68AutoBug
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A little trick I have just invented....
I have been thinking of a way to grease ball joints and tie rod ends without pulling the rubber boots off... and I have come
to this Invention: Using a Large Syringe ... like when they take blood from Your arm... what ! You haven't had blood taken from Your Arm....
Well ! Now there is something in store for You.... Now back to the large Needle that they stick into Your arm to obtain Your Blood.... well You fill
the Syringe with Lithium based Moly grease and push the needle thru the rubber and inject the lithium based grease.... Your Ball Joints will
appreciate it I'm sure....
One other thing .... I haven't tried this yet.. Since buying the large syringe at the Chemist, there has been a strange car outside My place
watching - watching.... So I'm Not game to go outside..... The syringe is still hidden in the garage.....
Maybe I should go to the Vets and get an elephant Syringe .... Nothing illegal about that ... I hope..... regards.... Dr.Lee... sorry ... Lee
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| posted on December 14th, 2002 at 05:03 AM |
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They have other uses too!
Despite owning a vacuum pump for bleeding brakes, I find the 50ml disp syringes are more controllable at sucking fluid out of the bleeder nipples.
Don't worry about the stigma of buying them from your pharmacy, the 50ml variety is commonly bought for legit industrial purposes like injecting
glue under golf club grips etc.
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| posted on December 14th, 2002 at 03:10 PM |
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- and CCing cylinder heads, cleaning ears and watering plants. I think you'll have trouble getting grease down the needle, though! It's
rather thick. Also, the CVs need to be dissassembled, cleaned and hand packed in order to get the grease where it is needed and it tends to stay
there...
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| posted on December 14th, 2002 at 03:53 PM |
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grease under the rubber boot does absolutely nothing. you need to get the grease between the ball and cup of the ball joint, which is what the grease
nipple is for.
sorry mate, there's nothing for it but the old messy method
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| posted on December 14th, 2002 at 05:02 PM |
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An old motorbike trick for greasing chains was to submerge in heated (melted) grease , remove and let it cool. The liquid grease would get into the
links and stay in when the chain cooled. Same thing would work for CV's I spose.
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| posted on December 14th, 2002 at 05:29 PM |
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[used syringes.... Where...]
I was thinking of Ball joints and tie rod ends really..... although I suppose You could push a bit of grease right into the CV Joint with a long
needle.... But No I wouldn't do it to CV's on a VW.... I have done 8 of the devils.... and I can tell You.. that the Moly Lithium based
Grease will stop most CV joint noises... even on FWD cars..... Its worked on all the ones I've done.... Another thing.... Some of the CV joints I
have pulled apart... had so little grease.... No wonder they made a noise etc.... So IMHO I believe if You pack the CV chock full of Lithium gease it
will virtually last forever.... and I NEVER put the balls back where they came from.... Mine go into a glass jar full of Kero or petrol to clean
them.... If Your balls are pitted badly... New Ball bearing balls used to be available at Bearing Shops....
and I haven't tried to push Lithium grease thru a small needle.... Maybe a Horse needle from the VETS will do the trick....
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| posted on December 16th, 2002 at 06:14 PM |
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Pitted balls, Glass jars???:o:o:o
Kruizin Kol
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