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Posted by Tim Holloway [69.54.28.229] on Thursday, December 02, 2010 at 22:09:14 :
I have just finished a complete teardown, blast and paint everything and reassemble everything on my M37 front axle. I packed the knuckles today. First tip, get a pneumatic grease gun. I got one the last time I did one of these, and its the greatest. I usually use my old fashioned one for a quick stroke here and there, but for knuckles, the air cant be beat.
As was posted here recently, the moving the upper grease fitting to the bottom hole is a really good idea. I have also done that in the past. I started out holding the coupler onto the zerk fitting, and after a bit my mind wanders, the grip on the zerk gets sloppy, and next thing you have a palm full of grease! I pulled the zerk out of the bottom hole, unscrewed the coupler from the greasegun's flexible hose and voila, the flexible hose end screwed right into the bottom hole of the knuckle! Now we are talking real brainless. Sit there and hold the trigger on the gun and daydream until the tube is empty, then with the hose still screwed in, swap tubes and go back to daydreaming! After almost 4 tubes, the grease will come out the top fitting and its time to clean up! Job done.
Giver a try.
Tim
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