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Greetings all,

'79 FJ40

I was doing some work and noticed a blob of grease at my feet on the driver's side. This is my first 40 and the first vehicle that I'm doing real work on. Is abnormal to see any amount of grease at the knuckle? In other words - is it time for me to rebuild? The passenger side looks better, but if I'm doing one I figure I might as well do both. Thanks for any advice.

Driver side

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Passenger side
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Yes, it’s time you can get everything you need ( except gaskets for Warn hubs, if that’s what you have ) from Kurt @cruiseroutfitters. Make sure you put the shims back in the same place they came from.
 
Pffffttttttt, keep driving it, wait til the weather is bad to break into it.
 
All good advice, thank you. I'll read up, gather parts and plan to dive into it in a bit.
 
Well you might want to at least pull the filler plug on that right side knuckle and see if it has any moly grease left in it.

Can it just be filled with a grease gun?
 
Clean the knuckles and drive. Watch regularly if the leak increases. These are not 100% tight when rebuilded with OEM seals.
 

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