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buztoy
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well we were putting the new engine into my mini, and my mate said that on most fwd cars, the balls in the drive shafts need to be replaced every 100 000ks, he said that because mine comes out through the out side mine are worn, are they ment to go through the center, is this true, i have pot joints

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i'm told they dont really wear on minis. You can if you want, but i've never replaced em and havent had any issues, just clean and fresh grease.
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fresh grease eh,

he said that if they jam up the steering pulls and the car swerves rapidly, but then again he did cut the roof off his clubby

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Morris 1100
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buztoy wrote:
fresh grease eh,

he said that if they jam up the steering pulls and the car swerves rapidly, but then again he did cut the roof off his clubby
Is your mate talking about the inner CVs (the pot joint) or the outer CV?
The pot joint should last a long time as long as the rubber boot does not split and let the grease out. They do not have a hard life.
The outer CV gets a real work out and will start to go "Clack Clack Clack" when you do a U turn when they are worn out. If they are quiet they are OK as long as the rubber boot is not split.
You can clean them and repack them with fresh grease as long as you use the right grease. You must clean out all the old grease, so you need to pull them apart to do it properly.
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Usually when the CVs click clack the grease is dried out.
Mine have done over 140,000 miles, are a bit loose but don't make a sound.
Last repacked 70,000 miles ago. :wink:

Use only Molygrease designed for CVs (eg Castrol LMM) or the grease that comes included in a CV kit.
As said wash the old stuff out- either take apart, or soak em in diesel, then wash out with degreaser.

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I wonder about the included grease.. I wonder if it's better to replace the included grease use a name brand grease seeing that they usually go cheap when it comes to things like that

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Morris 1100 wrote:
buztoy wrote:
fresh grease eh,

he said that if they jam up the steering pulls and the car swerves rapidly, but then again he did cut the roof off his clubby
Is your mate talking about the inner CVs (the pot joint) or the outer CV?
The pot joint should last a long time as long as the rubber boot does not split and let the grease out. They do not have a hard life.
The outer CV gets a real work out and will start to go "Clack Clack Clack" when you do a U turn when they are worn out. If they are quiet they are OK as long as the rubber boot is not split.
You can clean them and repack them with fresh grease as long as you use the right grease. You must clean out all the old grease, so you need to pull them apart to do it properly.


inner ones

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Morris 1100
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If it is the inner ones your mate must be a wally because everything he says is wrong. :lol:

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he said that if they jam up the steering pulls and the car swerves rapidly


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and my mate said that on most fwd cars, the balls in the drive shafts need to be replaced every 100 000ks


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he said that because mine comes out through the out side mine are worn, are they ment to go through the center
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thats what he said, he is a exhaust mecha but not a fwd / mini mecha

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Morris 1100
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buztoy wrote:
.... he is a exhaust mecha but not a fwd / mini mecha
Thats all right then, probably a result of hitting his head under cars and sniffing leaking exhausts. :lol:
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those balls do look like good sling shot ammo :wink:

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Morris 1100
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Try a tennis racquet. :shock: :lol: :twisted:
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sure he's not a diesel fitter and doesnt know it yet? :lol:
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