I don't think it is recommended you use degreaser on the bearing pack since it is nearly impossible to get the degreaser out of it. I ended up using a rag and compressed air to get the old grease out from the crevices.
Ryan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-crx@;mesaaz1.vwsi.net]On > Behalf Of George Freeman > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 10:40 PM > To: 'Robert K. Kuhn' > Cc: 'The Rex list' > Subject: CRX: RE: One way to know you busted your outside CV boot... > > > Rob, > > I ran into the same situation a couple of years ago only I > didn't catch > the rupture in time. Seems only a little dirt & sand is all > it takes to > destroy the internals of the CV joint and repacking with > grease made no > difference. I got the quick & dirty CV boot repair kit- has a split > down the side and you screw the thing together. Turns out the kit > actually worked but even after a thorough cleaning with degreaser & > re-packing with fresh grease, the clicking/thunking persisted > so I ended > up replacing the axle at the shop. > > The amount of grease I used was as much as I could pack > inside the boot. > I don't believe there's any way to put too much in, so pack away! > > > George > '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 125k miles > "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" > > -----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) > >
