Worked for me 2 years ago and still working. Maybe you didn't do it right, did you try both methods? If you wait too long nothing will help because the grease has dried to the point where the needles finally wore out and broke up. Also, you can't just give it a shot of oil and do a full circle, you have to work with it about 20 minutes but it sure beat putting new ones in for me. Those joints never wear out with good grease in them because they only get probably a fiftieth of the action of the rear ones but they do dry out and don't require much lube to work well but they won't tolerate being dry for a long time with a lot of action on them.