Thread: Puma driveshafts have no nipples ?????

07/08 and maybe 09 do have them... Looks like they got bored with it all in 2010!

Originally Posted by spudboy

07/08 and maybe 09 do have them... Looks like they got bored with it all in 2010!

mine is a MY09 puma, no nipples on the shafts.

My newest one is a 2013 model 90, with no grease nipples for the drive shaft splines either. I was underneath it yesterday greasing the uni joints, I asked the Landrover dealership I took it to for service to grease it, however they didn't do so.

I have dropped it back down to standard height and gone back to standard front drive shaft (from double cardon front with greasable splines) while trialling different suspension components.

Looking at drilling and tapping the shafts for grease nipples and then getting them balanced.

Also interested in greasable steering components as well, standard stuff is all sealed, not very impressed with the rubber boots on them already looking pretty buggered (vehicle has only done 10,500 Klms from new).
Mike.

No one really knows the longevity of the nipple-less shafts, until then you may be doing more harm than good, drilling and tapping new ones in as the sealed unis are like that for a reason, sealed lubrication..
I have a truck with sealed unis, only 4yrs old but 320,000km and the uni joints are still as tight as a drum.

Originally Posted by Summiitt

No one really knows the longevity of the nipple-less shafts, until then you may be doing more harm than good, drilling and tapping new ones in as the sealed unis are like that for a reason, sealed lubrication..
I have a truck with sealed unis, only 4yrs old but 320,000km and the uni joints are still as tight as a drum.

I would still like the ability to ensure that there is an adequate amount of grease in the driveshaft splines, hence looking at drilling, tapping, and installing grease nipples and then balancing the shaft.
The sealed uni's on your truck are a different matter, my uni joints have grease nipples on them, so they get greased.
Mike.

Originally Posted by 90@

I would still like the ability to ensure that there is an adequate amount of grease in the driveshaft splines, hence looking at drilling, tapping, and installing grease nipples and then balancing the shaft.
The sealed uni's on your truck are a different matter, my uni joints have grease nipples on them, so they get greased.
Mike.

My new MY13 has grease nipples on the drive shafts....they are a bugger to get the grease gun on them but it can be done.

Thanks for the info, looks like I'll put it to the test and leave the shaft's as is, see how long they last. At least I can grease the uni's, though having said that, whoever fitted them on the production line must've been having a bit of a laugh, all but one face back into the uni. I turned them around and can now get to them with the needle attachment on my grease gun.

Just did a search of the forum posts on grease nipples (zerk fitting/alemite fitting) it appears that some TDCI's have grease nipples on the drive shafts (not the uni's) and some don't.
I did note a post that Blknight.aus made regarding some drive shafts that have a Teflon sleeve built into the splines instead of grease nipples for lubrication, but I don't know if this applies to the Land Rover ones.
Mike.