CV Axle replacement

[MSHardeman]

I am finally at the assembly stage. YAY!! This has gone on much longer than I ever anticipated, but that is mostly due to my neuroses about making sure that everything is JUST right.

My current goofy question is: how much grease do I need to pack into the green cup and the CV joint? I've filled the back of the green cup and smeared grease all over the sides of the cup. I have also smeared grease all over the inner and outer cages of the CV joint itself, as well as put some grease in the CV boot. I am guessing that it is probably more than enough, but I REALLY don't want the joint to run dry.

Thanks y'all.

[tom4bren]

I'm guessing that there's really not a right answer to your question.

The Enginerd in me decided that the grease really wouldn't expand during use so I just did like you did: put some in the back of the cup, schlepped some on the bearings & inner race, then pressed it in place. You can hear the air popping out past the grease when you press the guts into place so after I put the retainging spring back in place, I packed some more in there just for good measure. The boot will keep any extra in place & hopefully allow it to flow back into the working area if needed.

No, I did not have any excess grease push out past the boot clamps & no, I can't feel the boot full of grease either. I actually tried to knead some from the boot back into the CV a few months later & couldn't tell that there was any pooled in the boot.

[rowhard]

My current goofy question is: how much grease do I need to pack into the green cup and the CV joint?

found it. page 4C-14 of the shop manual, 'use 150g in both ends' divide by 28.5 for oz,... my youth coming out again

[MSHardeman]

Thanks Rowhard. I knew that I had seen that somewhere in the workshop manual. I just couldn't find it again.

[rowhard]

Thanks Rowhard. I knew that I had seen that somewhere in the workshop manual. I just couldn't find it again.

yea, just went through the CV boot madness, only reason I remembered it