Thread: Disco Diagnosis

Originally Posted by Scouse

Well done Dave . Now, do you have a grease gun ?
I try to do my nipples after every wet 4wd trip. Running an older car as everyday transport has taught me the importance of regular greasing.

Thanks Scott. I've got a very old, very large grease gun which seems to work as long as you keep the nozzle dead-set in line with the nipple, otherwise it just squirts grease all over the place. Replacement nozzle perhaps?
I'll keep those grease nipples polished from now on... promise.

Originally Posted by DiscoDave

Thanks Scott. I've got a very old, very large grease gun which seems to work as long as you keep the nozzle dead-set in line with the nipple, otherwise it just squirts grease all over the place. Replacement nozzle perhaps?

they sometimes do this if the end of the nozzle comes loose......
otherwise.....mine does exactly the same......

Originally Posted by DiscoDave

I've got a very old, very large grease gun which seems to work as long as you keep the nozzle dead-set in line with the nipple, otherwise it just squirts grease all over the place. Replacement nozzle perhaps?

Try a piece of cloth over the grease nipple then push the nozzle over that. It can help seal a lot better & the grease is able to pass through the cloth.

Originally Posted by Scouse

Try a piece of cloth over the grease nipple then push the nozzle over that. It can help seal a lot better & the grease is able to pass through the cloth.

now theres a trick ive never seen or heard of before......
why couldnt tell me this a few years ago....?
like when i met lurch......i get more grease around the nipples than in them....

Originally Posted by DiscoDave

Pardon me if I make an on-topic post here...

Well Repco rang me this afternoon to say the rear universal had come in so I went and got it. It's the absolute twin of the uni I took out of the front propshaft except for a long shank grease nipple. I was going to swap the nipple with the old one but the threads didn't seem to like it so I stuck with the long one (it gets in the way of a socket wrench for one bolt). Inserted the spider, G-clamped the cups in to the yoke (after smearing with anti-seize), inserted the circlips (only lost one!), did the same to the propshaft end, refited the grease nipple and pumped in blue grease until it oozes from the cups. It's a bit stiff but looking good.
I reused the existing bolts to refit the shaft, took the Disco for a run and the clunks are gone! No squeaks and squawks either but the jury is still out on that issue. At least I have four wheel drive again.
The uni joint was Repco part number K5-L4R price $37.

Did you seperate the drive shaft? If so then you need to align the uni joints, sorry to state the obvious, but you never know

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Did you seperate the drive shaft? If so then you need to align the uni joints, sorry to state the obvious, but you never know

The front shaft actually has the universals out of phase by 2(?) splines.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Did you seperate the drive shaft? If so then you need to align the uni joints, sorry to state the obvious, but you never know

Thanks for that hint. With my level of mechanical knowledge very little is 'obvious' to me. Fortunately I did not seperate the shaft so that's not a problem.

Originally Posted by DiscoDave

With my level of mechanical knowledge very little is 'obvious' to me.

Don't put yourself down like that Dave.....









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