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Old Henry · 03-20-2017, 10:10 PM

Here is a video of my U-joint that was put in new 3 years and 45,000 miles ago and the lube that was supposed to be lubricating it.

https://youtu.be/Noxa1dDiNG8

Jiffy Lube pumped their chassis grease in there every 1,000 miles when they pumped it into the other 18 fittings under the car. Still, very little was in the U-joint cavity when I opened it up but the U-joint seemed to be plenty moist with what was there. Still, the U-joint has worn out prematurely in my opinion. I'd hope to get more than 45,000 miles out of one. I surely would not put John Deere Corn Head grease in there. That, mixed with the transmission oil leaking into there, would be way too thin if it stayed in there at all. (Last time I used that it was all gone when I opened it up to replace the U-joint.)

03-20-2017, 10:10 PM	#1
Old Henry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Orem, Utah Posts: 5,762	47 U-joint lube Here is a video of my U-joint that was put in new 3 years and 45,000 miles ago and the lube that was supposed to be lubricating it. https://youtu.be/Noxa1dDiNG8 Jiffy Lube pumped their chassis grease in there every 1,000 miles when they pumped it into the other 18 fittings under the car. Still, very little was in the U-joint cavity when I opened it up but the U-joint seemed to be plenty moist with what was there. Still, the U-joint has worn out prematurely in my opinion. I'd hope to get more than 45,000 miles out of one. I surely would not put John Deere Corn Head grease in there. That, mixed with the transmission oil leaking into there, would be way too thin if it stayed in there at all. (Last time I used that it was all gone when I opened it up to replace the U-joint.) __________________ Prof. Henry (The Roaming Gnome) "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” *Ursula K. Le Guin in The Left Hand of Darkness