greaseable or Non-Greaseable u joints
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One thing with the ones you can grease is. If you have a high
load on the drive line and they are installed in the wrong
orientation they can split at the point where the joint was drilled
for the fitting. The other problem is sometimes the grease does not
make it to all points in the joint and you end up with a dry cap.
That then turns into rust and dust. Get the non=grease-able and
replace then every 100K or so.If you tow then you may want to
replace sooner but you can still avoid the stress failed joint that
you can have with the grease fittings. I have seen too many
go out the hard way.
Sean
load on the drive line and they are installed in the wrong
orientation they can split at the point where the joint was drilled
for the fitting. The other problem is sometimes the grease does not
make it to all points in the joint and you end up with a dry cap.
That then turns into rust and dust. Get the non=grease-able and
replace then every 100K or so.If you tow then you may want to
replace sooner but you can still avoid the stress failed joint that
you can have with the grease fittings. I have seen too many
go out the hard way.
Sean
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