I used a plastic sandwich bag, a postage scale. I first converted the grams into ounces (sorry, can't remember how much 90 to 100 grams is). I turned the sandwich bag inside out over my hand and just dug into the grease then put it on the scale. When I got the correct amount, I carefully packed it into the new boot. Worked pretty good with little mess. It will not fill the entire cavity of the boot. The hardest part is the stupid C clip on the axle.
Ryan Kovacs Cumming, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-crx@;mesaaz1.vwsi.net]On > Behalf Of Robert K. Kuhn > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:11 AM > To: The Rex list > Cc: where the hooligan's are! > Subject: CRX: One way to know you busted your outside CV boot... > > > Driving into work this morning, I noticed a vibration in the steering > wheel... the same type one feels when a wheel/tire is out of > balance (or a > tire that is low on pressure or flat). I wasn't too far from > work so no > worries. > > Got to work and looked at the tires and they all looked good. > Upon closer > inspection of the front right wheel, I saw some black stuff > which looked > like grease. Since I have an "open" face style rim, I could > see that the > inside of the rims had grease and so I knew I had a leaking CV boot. > > So I guess that would explain the "out of balance" feel at > the steering wheel. > > I took a peek at the Helm manual and noticed that it said to > use between 90 > to 100 grams of grease when it comes time to re-pack the boot. The > illustrations suggests that you use a spoon or similar tool > to scoop and > pack said boot. How do you measure the amount of grease? Or > do you just > pack it solid? > > Belive it or not, I've never done a CV boot swap on a CRX > before. Done > axle swaps but the boots were already on and the CV was > already greased up. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I plan to do > this tomorrow. > > > Robert K. Kuhn > CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal) > > 1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc) > ICQ # 3714283 (nickname: godzilla) >
