How much grease in the knuckles (1 Viewer)

[lt1fire]

How much grease did you use in the knuckles??

Ok so i'm almost done with my birf job... just got to set the preload tomorrow and i'm done. I've read all the birf jobs from search and decided to used 3 tubes of palladium grease in each of the knuckles, counting the grease packed into the birfs and trunion bearings. Anyone ever done three on each side and run into a problem? Anyone think I should add more to mine?

 

[photogod]

FSM says fill the cavity 3/4 full so what ever it takes...

 

[Bear80]

I voted 3, but I think I used about 3-1/2 when I did mine and my sisters 2yrs ago. I think anything less than 3 really is not enough.

 

[LX_TREME]

Same here 3.5 in each side.. btw lt1fire, you don't look and search in FAQ? it's in there, and here while im looking thru JDM site I found some pic.

 

[lt1fire]

btw lt1fire, you don't look and search in FAQ? it's in there

I've read all the birf jobs from search

No I read them all including the FAQ's but people on here used anywhere from 1.5 to 4.5 in each knuckle. So I thought with a poll people who have never done the job before could see the percentage of people that used different amounts

 

[photogod]

Are you guys talkin 3 full tubes of the large tubes or the small tubes? I have never done a birf job so I would never have emagined it to take three full tubes. Learn somthing new every day.

 

[turbocruiser]

If i remember it was three tubes per side, now, I purchased eight tubes total and "used" all of them through the job, but I really grease up good, there was some leftover in my pneumatic grease gun and there was some leftover in my bearing grease tool, so figure three tubes per side, one tube for bearings and the extra is left in your gun ...

First.

 

[turbocruiser]

Then ...

 

[IBCRUSN]

It takes what it takes to do the job right. Buy grease by the tub or tubes by the case and use whatever it takes to get the ~3/4 fill. All the times I've done mine (40 & 80) I buy too much on purpose and don't keep track. This is another one of the palces you don't skimp on.

 

[Rookie2]

You all must be using the smaller tubes. I don't recall it taking anywhere near 3-14 oz tubes per side. I think I had 4 for the whole just, plus one tub of wheel bearing grease, which didn't need all of that.


Rookie2

 

[lt1fire]

No I was using the bigger tubes

 

[Hayes]

I just did mine.
A little over 1.5 full-size tubes per side. About 3.5 tubes total. I don't think I could have physically fit 3 full tubes of grease in one knuckle. I think people might be confusing "about 3 tubes in the knuckleS" with "3 tubes in knuckle."

Really, 3 full tubes per side can't be right.

 

[Hayes]

Maybe did 2 tubes per side, considering what was packed into the birf itself.

 

[lt1fire]

I just did mine.
A little over 1.5 full-size tubes per side. About 3.5 tubes total. I don't think I could have physically fit 3 full tubes of grease in one knuckle. I think people might be confusing "about 3 tubes in the knuckleS" with "3 tubes in knuckle."

Really, 3 full tubes per side can't be right.

very possible, you have the bearings, the birf and the inner and out knuckle to do

 

[NorCalCruiser]

I did one side yesterday after breaking my Birf and used approx 3.5 14oz tubes, that included packing the birf itself (about 1/3 tube), the outer and inner knuckle housing. It just seemed to keep going.

 

[Rookie2]

very possible, you have the bearings, the birf and the inner and out knuckle to do

Of coarse the bearings are a different kind of grease (no moly), so I didn't count that as part of the actual amount of birf repack grease. Sounds like we're a little closer though.

 

[Hayes]

very possible, you have the bearings, the birf and the inner and out knuckle to do

When you say outer knuckle do you mean the narrow cavity between the knuckle housing and the knuckle ball (proper name?)?

I don't think you should put TOO much grease in there because when you turn the wheel the knuckle wipers push a certain amount of that grease as the knuckle pivots. I stuff some grease back there, but I certainly don't pack it full.

Also, as mentioned, wheel bearings and hubs don't count towards filling the knuckle with moly grease.

Still skeptical about 3 tubes per side fitting, let alone being appropriate...

 

[fzj80kidpen]

I said one because I used the big tub and hand packed it.

 

[turbocruiser]

Also, as mentioned, wheel bearings and hubs don't count towards filling the knuckle with moly grease.

Still skeptical about 3 tubes per side fitting, let alone being appropriate...

Why not? If you use the same thing (Amsoil w/Moly) all around it counts, like I wrote already above, I purchased eight tubes and "used" all of them through this job, again, one tube's in the gun, and prolly half of one tube's in the bearing tool. Be skeptical as long as you want, it is what it is, besides the thread's question sorta asks about two different things - knuckle alone and also about the birf too (he specifically mentions the trunion bearings, the wheel bearings, etc as an entire thing) - so I answered it two ways for two questions.

 

[Rookie2]

Why not? If you use the same thing (Amsoil w/Moly) all around it counts, like I wrote already above, I purchased eight tubes and "used" all of them through this job, again, one tube's in the gun, and prolly half of one tube's in the bearing tool. Be skeptical as long as you want, it is what it is, besides the thread's question sorta asks about two different things - knuckle alone and also about the birf too (he specifically mentions the trunion bearings, the wheel bearings, etc as an entire thing) - so I answered it two ways for two questions.

There's no call for trying to interject facts, or he-said she-saids into the arguement at this point. We've done concluded you all screwed the pooch somewhere.