Hey folks.
I replaced one ujoint a while back, and today replaced the other. These Moog joints came with this greenish-blueish grease, which the Moog instructions said was only shipping grease. So I got all I could out with my finger and replaced it with Lucas Red N Tacky.
The one I replaced a while back bolts to the rear yoke with straps so I was able to easily pop a cap off and see how it looked. It was greased good, but the grease had turned black and thinned out a bit. This ujoint had also failed to loosed up and had a bit of the initial bind in it from install, so I replaced it with another Moog which I did a much better job at, with no bind this time. Do you think the heat from the bind turned it black, or do you think the Lucas may be incompatible with the shipping grease?
On another note, one of the caps will slide nearly all the way into the ear and doesn't need tapping in until the last couple millimeters. Think it will hold without spinning?
Thanks,
Mike
PS this is the rear shaft on a Chevy Trailblazer 2wd.
I replaced one ujoint a while back, and today replaced the other. These Moog joints came with this greenish-blueish grease, which the Moog instructions said was only shipping grease. So I got all I could out with my finger and replaced it with Lucas Red N Tacky.
The one I replaced a while back bolts to the rear yoke with straps so I was able to easily pop a cap off and see how it looked. It was greased good, but the grease had turned black and thinned out a bit. This ujoint had also failed to loosed up and had a bit of the initial bind in it from install, so I replaced it with another Moog which I did a much better job at, with no bind this time. Do you think the heat from the bind turned it black, or do you think the Lucas may be incompatible with the shipping grease?
On another note, one of the caps will slide nearly all the way into the ear and doesn't need tapping in until the last couple millimeters. Think it will hold without spinning?
Thanks,
Mike
PS this is the rear shaft on a Chevy Trailblazer 2wd.