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CV joints - how often to repack?

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:30 pm
by 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

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:38 pm
by Area54
3.0 SWB what? live axle or ifs?

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:47 am
by Fisher
SWB 3.0l PATROL... sorry

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:36 am
by 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

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:09 pm
by Fisher
So what's the answer? How often to repack the CV joint!

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:28 pm
by Area54
If you mainly drive on road, repack them when you do the wheel bearings - not much more work.

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:39 am
by Fisher
...and how often do you repack the wheel bearings on a Patrol?

Thanks

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:38 am
by 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.

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:12 am
by Area54
Fisher wrote:...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.

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2003 1:40 pm
by bj on roids
i have replaced mine every 80-100 kilometres of off-road work!