All good. Took it on a 50 mile round trip to the junkyard to scavenge parts for my 71 Fiat this morning. Was a successful day all around. Lots of great hard to find parts for barely any $$ which you have to love. The LC drove like a champ, nice and quiet. Well, as quiet as a big tank like...
Just dropped by the shop. They used redline cv-2 grease with moly to pack the new cv joints. As far as I can tell, no, they didn't replace the trunnion or wheel bearings since we bought the car last August.
No, it doesn't say what kind of grease. I'll find out. Here's exactly what the receipt states:
"Removed all necessary front suspension parts - Removed inner axle seals - Repacked front steering knuckles and front wheel bearings, Installed new special ordered drivers and passenger cv axles and...
Not exactly proud of how much I spent here. Basically it was part 43405-60070 x2. They charged me $1,307 per part, so $2,614 for the 2. Had I done my own search, probably could have gotten oem parts for close to $1,000 less total, but then the shop wouldn't have warrantied them. New seals...
Just picked up the rig. They gave me a decent discount, but not as much as I'd like to have had. I did see the old joints and took them home. One of them was very loose, the right one that was making noise. The left one was nice and tight. Both were packed with grease though. I mentioned...
They said that there was wear in just one of the CV joints, but recommended doing both. No pics. No, they said they didn't inspect the CV joints previously, so they are giving me a discount on the labor as a result.
Turns out to be one of the CV Joints unfortunately. The knuckles were properly lubricated. So, getting both of the CV joints replaced. Not a cheap part sadly so...I'll take two.
yes. The Service Outlet in Lafayette, CA. They only work on Toyota and Honda and only use original parts, if available. But I will definitely be checking with them about this. Thanks!
Thanks. I'll take some pics and post. We bought the car in August of 2021 and had the steering knuckles rebuilt in September, so hopefully they properly lubricated them at the time. But thanks for pointing me in a direction to check out.
Noticed of late that in particular when I am turning, from a complete stop, that I'll hear a ticking/pulsing sound just as the car pulls away on my 97 LC. Seems more on a right turn than left. And goes away as soon as the car is moving, so on turns while at speed, nothing. Wondering if that...