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Braingears Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: St Petersburg, FL Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320 Posts: 1450 | Short Shaft - GKN Grease I am currently having my transmission rebuilt, and they are ready to put it back in the truck. I told them to replace the grease in both the of short shaft CV-Joints. Mercedes ordered, but cannot get the kits for another 2-3 weeks from Germany. Does anyone know which GKN Grease it uses and where I can get it quickly? Also how many grams should be put into each joint?
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NHDave Extreme Veteran Date registered: Dec 2013 Location: Seacoast NH. Vehicle(s): 2004 AMG Posts: 465 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease You should check with Vlad at fourbyfourclub. I hope it's ok with the forum to link? http://fourbyfourclub.com/W463SuspensionParts/W463PropShaftBootKit.... | ||
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paulunm Veteran Date registered: Jan 2015 Location: Los Angeles Vehicle(s): 2000 G500 Posts: 124 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease I've been told to always replace the center shaft with a new Mercedes unit rather than rebuild. | ||
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DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease paulunm - 6/5/2018 9:21 AM I've been told to always replace the center shaft with a new Mercedes unit rather than rebuild. The other alternative, which I have done, is to use a grease gun needle to inject some additional new grease into each end boot. I used GKN HT1LF-1 High Temp CV Joint Grease. It's worked for me so far. | ||
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AlanMcR Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, CA, Los Altos Vehicle(s): G300DT E300DT 230SL Posts: 3500 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease DUTCH - 6/5/2018 10:50 AM paulunm - 6/5/2018 9:21 AM I've been told to always replace the center shaft with a new Mercedes unit rather than rebuild. The other alternative, which I have done, is to use a grease gun needle to inject some additional new grease into each end boot. I used GKN HT1LF-1 High Temp CV Joint Grease. It's worked for me so far.I'd agree that any CV grease is going to be fine. The real problem is that the plastic CV boots get brittle over time and crack. This is why the grease dries out. You could probably keep the joint going for a long time with grease injections, but replacing the boot is not that hard. Also a cracked boot will let water in. Especially if you take it for a dip in the river. | ||
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DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease AlanMcR - 6/5/2018 2:29 PM DUTCH - 6/5/2018 10:50 AM paulunm - 6/5/2018 9:21 AM I've been told to always replace the center shaft with a new Mercedes unit rather than rebuild. The other alternative, which I have done, is to use a grease gun needle to inject some additional new grease into each end boot. I used GKN HT1LF-1 High Temp CV Joint Grease. It's worked for me so far.I'd agree that any CV grease is going to be fine. The real problem is that the plastic CV boots get brittle over time and crack. This is why the grease dries out. You could probably keep the joint going for a long time with grease injections, but replacing the boot is not that hard. Also a cracked boot will let water in. Especially if you take it for a dip in the river. The boots on mine are either rubber or a very rubber like plastic; and at 93,000 miles they haven't cracked YET. | ||
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Braingears Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: St Petersburg, FL Vehicle(s): G320 & ML320 Posts: 1450 | RE: Short Shaft - GKN Grease Thank you. Vlad's prices are more than double the dealership prices. That's a little hard to swallow... | ||
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djdinaz Extreme Veteran Date registered: Jun 2007 Location: Arizona Vehicle(s): 03 G55 Posts: 439 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease There's always FCP Euro.. They sale GKN 80g CV grease packs for a buck.. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/constant-velocity-cv-joint-grease-p... | ||
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G-AMG G-Class DIY Host Date registered: May 2006 Location: South Texas Vehicle(s): '04 G55, '80 280GE, '99 S420, '98 E320, 2011 E350 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease Specified Amount is 120g per Joint... So be sure you order THREE of the 80g Packs | ||
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Inkblotz Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: Georgia Vehicle(s): 90 300GD "Thundering Turtle II", w/ 603A turbo Posts: 3186 | Re: Short Shaft - GKN Grease https://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/SuperCat/3899/MBZ_3899_SUSAXL_p... | ||
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