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| Lightningtweeds Member Since: 16 May 2017 Location: Fintry Posts: 461   
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Whatever tickles your fancy...
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23rd May 2017 6:29pm |
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| mikeh501 Member Since: 07 Jan 2013 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1142 
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I use an air operated grease gun. Pretty much always pops the old grease and gives a good "sizzle"
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23rd May 2017 7:22pm |
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| Rallymental Member Since: 17 Aug 2015 Location: The Garden of England Posts: 468 
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Any particular type of grease? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.
Solihull, 1948 - "If we paint the chassis, it will last for years" Solihull, 2015 - "If we paint the chassis............................. |
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24th May 2017 12:25am |
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| agentmulder Member Since: 16 Apr 2016 Location: Outer Space Posts: 1324 
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Mine is a lithium based grease with moly additive.
Rule that hasn't gone wrong for me is to simply go for whatever is the second most expensive one at the local auto shop. Often that is the one and the same as the most expensive and the least.  Solved the bowel problem, working on the consonants... |
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24th May 2017 12:32am |
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| Rallymental Member Since: 17 Aug 2015 Location: The Garden of England Posts: 468
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Cheers
 The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.
Solihull, 1948 - "If we paint the chassis, it will last for years" Solihull, 2015 - "If we paint the chassis............................. |
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24th May 2017 12:36am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17445 
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I use Castrol LM Grease (now called Castrol Multi-Purpose Grease), which is an excellent Lithium-based general purpose grease and especially formulated for wheel-bearings. Unless you need a molybdenum-based grease (for example. CV joints and splined shafts) LM is hard to better.
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24th May 2017 7:40am |
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| pannawonica Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Clackline Western Australia Posts: 568 
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Every time I chuck the fender on the ramps l'm inclined too pump a little grease into the uj's! Anyhow I just use a standard gun and ordinary flex hose. Yes not the easiest, however far from mission impossible.
Castrol multi purpose is what I use! |
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24th May 2017 8:54am |
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| pannawonica Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Clackline Western Australia Posts: 568
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Anyhow was going too say Mr Ford saved a quid! Only four holes tapped for grease nipples on the props, them for uj's and none for the splines.
 Bean counters must have struck again, they sure sucked the guts out of the defender too the end |
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24th May 2017 10:06am |
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| Lightningtweeds Member Since: 16 May 2017 Location: Fintry Posts: 461
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Mine came with no UJ nipples on the short shaft that i noticed after 6,000 miles and LR replaced the whole shaft. The long shaft has no hole for the spline nipple and the back yoke has the nipple in the centre.
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24th May 2017 10:14am |
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| Balvaig Member Since: 19 Feb 2016 Location: Fife Posts: 732 
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This seems to have turned into a public health campaign - check your nipples every year.
Now feel the need to get under mine and count them. 
Clearly cannot trust the dealers to get it right |
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24th May 2017 11:28am |
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| Lightningtweeds Member Since: 16 May 2017 Location: Fintry Posts: 461
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You should have two the car should have six.
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24th May 2017 11:40am |
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| Rallymental Member Since: 17 Aug 2015 Location: The Garden of England Posts: 468
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That's 8..... sounds like a cat The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results.
Solihull, 1948 - "If we paint the chassis, it will last for years" Solihull, 2015 - "If we paint the chassis............................. |
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24th May 2017 12:01pm |
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| Roverrobbie Member Since: 06 Feb 2016 Location: Orkney Posts: 17 
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Found access to the front u/j nipple was impossible with a 45 or 90 degree nipple. Fitted a 65 degree nipple and no more problems. Available on eBay.
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16th Jun 2017 8:38pm |
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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1317
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I've had one of these for years. Picked up at a car boot sale. It works a treat with a needle point type fitting on the end of a 1ft flexible grease gun hose. No need for 3 hands and easy to deal with propshaft UJs and the like
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17th Jun 2017 9:38am |
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