On 10:15 PM 11/01/02 -0500, Lee & Tracy Grimes said...
I think the important part is that it is full or nearly full and that it is sealed. Most of the CV rebuild kit's I've seen have the grease in a plastic bag and you cut the corner off and spooge the contents inside the boot until you run out or the boot is full. No nedd to realy measure a quantity, just fill it well.If your grease is in another container and not easy to get inside (i've used putty knives and packed it like you'd work peanut butter), then get a sandwich baggie or Ziploc bag and put the grease inside and cut the corner off. This way you squirt the grease out like a cake frosting decorating tube.
I picked up the CV boot kit from the dealer on the way home this evening at the cost of around $45 (USD) and it did come with a tube of grease. I asked the advisor who said to just squirt all of the grease in the boot (evenly, of course) .
Recommendations as to what I should use to clean it up with? Since I have to pull the spider and the rollers out, I was thinking about just using a clean set of rags to wipe them clean as well as the shaft. Should I use any sort of chemical or just be sure that I leave no lint or any debris?The impotant part is to get it clean of old grease and any particles and pack it as well as you can with fresh grease then tighten the end bands so they seal. The first few times I did it I was really anal retentive about getting out the air bubbles but remember that the thing gets warm and spins super fast so if sealed properly it will take care of putting the grease where it wants to be. Just be clean and fill it best you can. If you overfill it, then it will weep the excess out until it doen't want to weep anymore out.
I've done CV and CV boots in the past, just never a CRX. It doesn't look hard and my only concern was the amount of grease.Just not as difficult as it might seem at first. Check your inner CVs as thundering or vibration as speed are to me typical signs of an inner CV failing (they fail at a much lower rate than outers that have to steer). Obviously your grease on the wheels make the outers suspect but check your inners really good while you are at it. Lee
Thanks for the reply. I spoke with my Dad this evening and he said to just make sure that I clean up the area and pack it with a lot of grease. :^)
Robert K. Kuhn
CRX Owners Group President (http://www.crx.org/southcal)
1990 Honda CRXsi (http://www.hooligan.cc)
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