Disclaimer: I plan to rebuild my birfs this summer, but have other baseline PM tasks to do first. I KNOW I WILL NEED TO REBUILD MY BIRFS. Now that we've gotten that out of the way......
At 191k I have no record of a birf rebuild on my new to me FJ80. Records are since new, so I doubt it's been done. No clicking but it does leak, maybe one drip on each side per night. I plan to do the rebuild this summer, but have other baseline powertrain tasks to complete first. The truck is currently a DD, so no hardcore offroad duty.
Per the owner's manual, it shows you can add grease through the plug in the birf housing. The little picture shows a grease gun squirting grease into the housing. Has anyone added grease to their birf through this process? Considering it's probably been leaking for quite some time, how much grease to add? I also plan to service my diff fluid at the same time.
Again, this is simply a stopgap measure to try and prevent damage to the birfs until I can rebuild them this summer.
At 191k I have no record of a birf rebuild on my new to me FJ80. Records are since new, so I doubt it's been done. No clicking but it does leak, maybe one drip on each side per night. I plan to do the rebuild this summer, but have other baseline powertrain tasks to complete first. The truck is currently a DD, so no hardcore offroad duty.
Per the owner's manual, it shows you can add grease through the plug in the birf housing. The little picture shows a grease gun squirting grease into the housing. Has anyone added grease to their birf through this process? Considering it's probably been leaking for quite some time, how much grease to add? I also plan to service my diff fluid at the same time.
Again, this is simply a stopgap measure to try and prevent damage to the birfs until I can rebuild them this summer.