[Grace]

Adi,

I feel over lubrication of closed front knuckle may lead to wobbling of the steering.

Am I remotely right Sudershan ji?

Andy

[genesis]

Originally Posted by AVR

Thanks Sudarshan Bhai.

Any way you can put up pics of the exact locations? Would be great and very helpful for someone like me.

Cheers,
Adi

For CJ.
http://www.film.queensu.ca/cj3b/Phot...ekChart800.jpg

[Sudarshan]

Originally Posted by AVR

Thanks Sudarshan Bhai.
Any way you can put up pics of the exact locations? Would be great and very helpful for someone like me.

Easy, sleep under the Jeep

Can you elaborate why and what are the downsides of over-lubrication?

Originally Posted by Grace

Adi,

I feel over lubrication of closed front knuckle may lead to wobbling of the steering.

Am I remotely right Sudershan ji?

Andy

Andyji; Nope sir

Guess why ? Lets wait & see if genesis has something to add

Ok Jokes apart

## Aditya; the diagrams provided by Soymya are great, check them in detail along with vehicle on ramp. They are quite relevant even today.

## AndyJi & Aditya; if you overfill it (the closed knuckle), the grease-oil mixture will find its way around the axle into the front Hub & load & fail hub oil seals & then get in to the brake Drum, you can imagine the results. Been there done that, learned the hard way [ kya kare koi forum nahi tha ]

Originally Posted by genesis

For CJ.======

Great material, I almost overlooked it . Thanks for adding .

[svsantosh]

Originally Posted by ortopilot

Sir, you got them from Bangalore or Hosur?

and where if I may?

I am from hosur and I get them at a shop called Qutbi Hardware (when coming from blore, left side of where hosur flyover starts).

Originally Posted by Sudarshan

My Jeep has ,6 steering linkage points + 6 Prop shaft points + 12 points on leaf springs ( shackles & all that ) + a point on the T case shifter rod pin

Can I add a few?

2 points for rear axle (SFRA) bearings, since they are only 1 per side better to lubricate them adequately.

2 points - Cluch pedal and Brake pedal (old floor mount type pedals) Made the pedals a HELL lot smoother!!

2 (not exactly nipples) large holes in front Closed knuckle to check and top up if needed (a big square head bolt that can be opened up with a pipe wrench).

Originally Posted by AVR

Any way you can put up pics of the exact locations? Would be great and very helpful for someone like me

As bhai said below - best place is to sleep and crawl on your back to and forth (unless you have access to a ramp), also you get to check and feel the play/wearout of the Star joints yourselves, and also avoid costly yoke/pinion replacements.

Originally Posted by Sudarshan

if you overfill it (the closed knuckle), the grease-oil mixture will find its way around the axle into the front Hub & load & fail hub oil seals & then get in to the brake Drum

Isnt the job of the oil seal to avoid this mess. Anyways, a CKBJ is supposed to only house grease right? Not a mixture? I think I had to previlege of opening up a factory sealed CKBJ on my AG after 12 years and I was surprised how less grease the front knuckle had - just enough to cool the star joint, no excess stuff messing around.

[Sudarshan]

Originally Posted by svsantosh

2 points for rear axle (SFRA) bearings, since they are only 1 per side better to lubricate them adequately.

Remember my post on sharath's jeep thread ?(the old one mostly). I have put a scanned pic from the CJ manuals.

Here

2 points - Cluch pedal and Brake pedal (old floor mount type pedals) Made the pedals a HELL lot smoother!!

Oh ya forgot to mention

== also you get to check and feel the play/wearout of the Star joints yourselves, and also avoid costly yoke/pinion replacements.

More than the costs its a menace if you drop it (severe breakdown case) on the road while running , it happens to have a capacity to topple the Jeep if the wrong end hits & then digs in to the ground . Remember those truckers who put a chain below it to catch the dislocated prop shaft ?

Isnt the job of the oil seal to avoid this mess. Anyways, a CKBJ is supposed to only house grease right? Not a mixture?

If you need perfection here; you will need No. 1 & No. 0 Universal Joint grease here.

Let me remind you a similar case, why we fill grease oil mixture in the STD RE 350 Gear Box ?? -- originally they have recommend No. 00 grease -- now where do you get that easily ? same with the Jeep its an alternative.

Similarly in old (series) Land Rovers, where there is a similar setup, they have recommended 90 EP oil , but in practicality it surely leaks (sealing not being perfect in old knuckles). Again grease oil mix is to be used.

Sudarshan