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Plastic bag with corner snipped off, like a cake decorating bag. Squeeze bag inject grease
Adding grease to a birfield without taking it apart (1 Viewer)
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You gotta take SOME stuff apart to get in there...what's the most simple access into the guts of this creation?
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I think the OP already has the whole axle and birfield out at this stage.
One another note, RCV birfields like I have in my 80 series have a grease zerk on the end which allows you to grease grease them without pulling the axles out.
Genius!
There's a square plug on the inside top of the joint--is that access into the guts?
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That is a grease port yes. You can squirt a bit in there from time to time but a properly sealed/built front knuckle does not need it.
Keep in mind, unless you are running drive flanges and not hubs any part time Land Cruiser (40/55/60) front axle does not turn unless the hubs are engaged.
Usually that is a small number if actual miles over the life of a Land Cruiser.
Fulltime 4wd on mine. The birfields were rebuilt in Oct 2021.
My axle breather tube vent was dribbling oil. There was a little grease presence in my front diff. I put on new breather line w a fuel filter on the end, whi h will hopefully solve this purge, but l believe grease was pulled into axle due to vacuum caused by one-way breather valve and now my birfields must be a little low.
