CV joints - how often to repack?

[Fisher]

I have been paging through my Gregory's manual - They recommend repacking the grease in the CV joint every 20,000 miles (32,000kms). This seems a little excessive to me. I recall it was a job that needed doing every 60,000 miles in my old Landcruiser. What is the schedule that people keep to generally? I'm mostly on road and hardly ever go through
water or mud deep enough to enter the CV. BTW, mine is a 3.0 swb

Cheers, Jim

[Area54]

3.0 SWB what? live axle or ifs?

[Fisher]

SWB 3.0l PATROL... sorry

[jessie928]

I would have thought that it was pretty obvious that it was patrol and live axle?

What other nissan 3.0 SWB is there? let alone one with heaven forbid IFS!

Jes

[Fisher]

So what's the answer? How often to repack the CV joint!

[Area54]

If you mainly drive on road, repack them when you do the wheel bearings - not much more work.

[Fisher]

...and how often do you repack the wheel bearings on a Patrol?

Thanks

[roly]

i just put new wheel bearings in at 83,000kms, mainly due to the 35" tyres and offset rims i'm running.

it didnt need bearings but i threw a set in anywway for good measure....

cv's from the factory apparently have not enuf grease in them to start with if you are doing lots of 4wd work, mine were repacked properly when the front locker went in at 12 months old.

[Area54]

...and how often do you repack the wheel bearings on a Patrol?

Thanks

Your gregory's manual should suggest a maintenance schedule for this - my Nissan service manual suggests every 40,000km, although individual driving style, off road use, modifications etc will dictate whether this is to be followed or whether it is done earlier than suggested.

[bj on roids]

i have replaced mine every 80-100 kilometres of off-road work!