Dershum Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 This is possibly the most noobish question I've ever asked...but when I was reassembling the front crossmember the other day started lubricating the steering rack and had a really odd thought. When do I know when to stop? It never really occured to me, I can't really see anything since there are new bellows on the steering rack etc, so I can't see how much grease there is in there. Then the thought came to me regarding other "lubricatable" items such as ball joints... So how do I know when I've "greased enough"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I adequately greased the rack with gobs of grease. like a nice thick layer. As for the balljoints I filled them till they overflowed then wiped off the excess. I added zerk fittings to my control arm joints and did the same thing, grease till overflow, move it a little then grease more and wipe off extra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldAndyAndTheSea Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 you can never grease too much in my opinion. But yeah just pump them til you see some grease peeking out. 5 cents worth of grease prevents 5 grand worth of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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