I have a LX450 w/ Tatton DC shafts front/rear. They were installed by a POs shop and have about 4k miles on them.
I wanted to grease them and am running into an issue with the slip yoke. The U-joints were pretty straightforward, but the slip yoke just won't stop taking grease. I've pumped probably 30ish times into the rear and 20ish to the front, no grease comes out of the seal and it doesn't seem to be pressurizing internally. The shaft doesn't extend while pumping either. I tried removing the zerk fitting to see if it was pressurized, again it wasn't. I drove around and compressed the suspension a fair number of times, but no grease came out of the zerk hole even after driving around and getting a bunch of suspension movement.
I'm aware of the risks of the shaft being overfilled and the damage it can do to the transfer case, so I'm hesitant to drive until I sort this out.
Has anyone experienced this before? I'm concerned they were installed dry or with insufficient grease, but I'm not clear how much to keep pumping in, as my understanding is it should only take 1-2 pumps.
Thanks!
I wanted to grease them and am running into an issue with the slip yoke. The U-joints were pretty straightforward, but the slip yoke just won't stop taking grease. I've pumped probably 30ish times into the rear and 20ish to the front, no grease comes out of the seal and it doesn't seem to be pressurizing internally. The shaft doesn't extend while pumping either. I tried removing the zerk fitting to see if it was pressurized, again it wasn't. I drove around and compressed the suspension a fair number of times, but no grease came out of the zerk hole even after driving around and getting a bunch of suspension movement.
I'm aware of the risks of the shaft being overfilled and the damage it can do to the transfer case, so I'm hesitant to drive until I sort this out.
Has anyone experienced this before? I'm concerned they were installed dry or with insufficient grease, but I'm not clear how much to keep pumping in, as my understanding is it should only take 1-2 pumps.
Thanks!