Big thanks to pupp!

[mark r skinner]

Gary, it was still a bit stiff on the way home! So a liberal application of de-greaser followed by half a gallon of WD40 and Robert was your father`s brother.

[pupp]

Cool... glad it was a simple one to sort. Some guys use one of those universal steering boots round the joint to keep the crud out, there is a load of heat in the arch too that will dry it out. I've never changed one but apparently they're easy enough to do if/when they fail (once you've practiced on yours, you can do mine)

[matt172]

enlighten us to what you are talking about then

[pupp]

matt172 said:

enlighten us to what you are talking about then

Good point... steering u/j in the front driver's side arch... stiff steering. TVR 'standard problem all owners will encounter' no. 7 on a list of 100s

[GreenV8S]

WD40 probably does more harm than good, thin oil would do better. (WD40 is designed to disperse water and seems to be mainly solvent, all it's doing is washing away any remaining grease from inside the UJ.)

[mark r skinner]

GreenV8S said:

WD40 probably does more harm than good, thin oil would do better. (WD40 is designed to disperse water and seems to be mainly solvent, all it's doing is washing away any remaining grease from inside the UJ.)

Don`t think there was any grease left anyway! What do you think to diesel?

[pupp]

GreenV8S said:

WD40 probably does more harm than good, thin oil would do better. (WD40 is designed to disperse water and seems to be mainly solvent, all it's doing is washing away any remaining grease from inside the UJ.)

I, of course, liberally sprayed the joint with a high tech ceramic penetrating lube suitable for high pressure applications, that thickens exponentially on solvent evaporation...

[mark r skinner]

pupp said:

GreenV8S said:

WD40 probably does more harm than good, thin oil would do better. (WD40 is designed to disperse water and seems to be mainly solvent, all it's doing is washing away any remaining grease from inside the UJ.)

I, of course, liberally sprayed the joint with a high tech ceramic penetrating lube suitable for high pressure applications, that thickens exponentially on solvent evaporation...

Gary, what exactly was that white sticky stuff?

[matt172]

mark r skinner said:

pupp said:

GreenV8S said:

WD40 probably does more harm than good, thin oil would do better. (WD40 is designed to disperse water and seems to be mainly solvent, all it's doing is washing away any remaining grease from inside the UJ.)

I, of course, liberally sprayed the joint with a high tech ceramic penetrating lube suitable for high pressure applications, that thickens exponentially on solvent evaporation...

Gary, what exactly was that white sticky stuff?

I do hope youre lady friend isn't reading any of this

[pupp]

Pete is right Mark but I'd still say WD is way better than grit and road grime in that application. Diesel would wash it out (prolly too well) but isn't going to lube it. The problem is always going to be getting some form of effective lube back into the joint... that's why I used a treatment that is designed to penetrate past o-ring seals.

[pupp]

mark r skinner said:

Gary, what exactly was that white sticky stuff?

Mayo Mark... the low-cal stuff penetrates better

[mark r skinner]

matt172 said:

mark r skinner said:

pupp said:

GreenV8S said:

WD40 probably does more harm than good, thin oil would do better. (WD40 is designed to disperse water and seems to be mainly solvent, all it's doing is washing away any remaining grease from inside the UJ.)

I, of course, liberally sprayed the joint with a high tech ceramic penetrating lube suitable for high pressure applications, that thickens exponentially on solvent evaporation...

Gary, what exactly was that white sticky stuff?

I do hope youre lady friend isn't reading any of this

Matt, this is nothing compared to the "friday night incident."

[mark r skinner]

pupp said:

Pete is right Mark but I'd still say WD is way better than grit and road grime in that application. Diesel would wash it out (prolly too well) but isn't going to lube it. The problem is always going to be getting some form of effective lube back into the joint... that's why I used a treatment that is designed to penetrate past o-ring seals.

Used to use diesel for loads of jobs back on the farm. ie tractor p.t.o. shafts. Once they were free then it was easy to grease the NIPPLES. (This thread is taking a nose-dive)

[Blipi]

Wish my UJ was that easy to sort!

[pupp]

mark r skinner said:

Matt, this is nothing compared to the "friday night incident."

AKA 'the great Mayonnaise massacre of 2006'

[pupp]

Blipi said:

Wish my UJ was that easy to sort!

Yours was easy peasy for you... someone else did it!

[mark r skinner]

Blipi said:

Wish my UJ was that easy to sort!

MATRON!

[mark r skinner]

pupp said:

mark r skinner said:

Matt, this is nothing compared to the "friday night incident."

AKA 'the great Mayonnaise massacre of 2006'

White "wine" down the snoot and up the post.