Did an oil change on my 2016 Sienna recently and noticed grease leaking from the passenger side inner boot
No noise or clicking and the boot is actually in good condition, but the original clamp felt like it could be tighter
I'm thinking I might have tugged on it a bit too hard when I replaced the control arms a while back
Slung a big mess of grease onto the frame, so I cut off the clamp off and lifted the boot lip to check the level.
It wasn't empty, but could use a bit more (I'm guessing maybe 1/2 was lost)
Put a new clamp on for now and figured I'll top it off when I get a chance next weekend.
Not a fan of mixing different grease types and since it's a bit difficult to properly clean out the old stuff with the axle still in place, I'd rather just top it off with the same grease if available.
Toyota boot kits typically come with two different grease packs specific for inner and outer joints (usually one caramel and one dark)
Found this one online with tubes and a packet:
Having a hard time finding any of the part numbers on the grease packets available separately and I don't really want to buy an entire kit just for grease, so I'm on the hunt for the closest matching formulated grease for the inner tripod
Pretty sure I'm overthinking the whole thing (isn't that what we all do here?) and it will probably be fine with just about any grease, but I'd still like to fill it with whatever is closest
No noise or clicking and the boot is actually in good condition, but the original clamp felt like it could be tighter
I'm thinking I might have tugged on it a bit too hard when I replaced the control arms a while back
Slung a big mess of grease onto the frame, so I cut off the clamp off and lifted the boot lip to check the level.
It wasn't empty, but could use a bit more (I'm guessing maybe 1/2 was lost)
Put a new clamp on for now and figured I'll top it off when I get a chance next weekend.
Not a fan of mixing different grease types and since it's a bit difficult to properly clean out the old stuff with the axle still in place, I'd rather just top it off with the same grease if available.
Toyota boot kits typically come with two different grease packs specific for inner and outer joints (usually one caramel and one dark)
Found this one online with tubes and a packet:
Having a hard time finding any of the part numbers on the grease packets available separately and I don't really want to buy an entire kit just for grease, so I'm on the hunt for the closest matching formulated grease for the inner tripod
Pretty sure I'm overthinking the whole thing (isn't that what we all do here?) and it will probably be fine with just about any grease, but I'd still like to fill it with whatever is closest