Greasing the front end

[Rick Norwood]

Originally Posted by JoshBarber

how screwed am I if on a couple of the boots, grease squeazed out? I felt the boots as I pumped the grease, and only did one or two pumps on the grease gun, but a couple still squeezed some out. Probably just a pin hole or something, but should I be really worried?

You're probably fine. The grease probably just oozed out of the end of the boot. Like Blazee says, as long as you didn't split the boot you're o.k.

[JoshBarber]

Originally Posted by blazee

Did the boot bust or did it just come out around the end of it? As long as you didn't split the boot wide open you should be fine.

hard to say. Could of been from the edge of the seal, but what if it was a small crack or something in the boot itself?

[blazee]

A small crack isn't that bad, as long as you don't neglect it. Just keep up with your normal maintanence schedule, and you shouldn't experience any accelerated wear.

[JoshBarber]

HELPFUL HINT.
The one grease fitting on the drivers side (I believe its the tie rod) is impossible to get with a solid tip. I spent two different days attempting to prove this wrong, turning the wheel in every direction, and stoping in every place in between. Trying to route the grease gun through any tangled area I could to get a handle on the zerk. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
I bought a right angle adapter for the end of the grease fun, which didnt work. Even with the zerk completely snapped in and seated I could not get grease to enter it. It would just squirt out the tip of the fitting. I checked the zerk itself as well, and the ball was free.
Finally ended up spending $1.50 on a 45degree angled zerk, and replaced the straight one. Wish I had done this originally. It was driving me nuts because it was obvious that it was the ONLY boot that looked deflated. (I'm sure noone else greased it either due to the fact that it was not possible without an alternate zerk or tool)
Just an FYI

[blazee]

I don't have any problems with my right angle end. You just have to make sure it slides all the way on, and you have to hold the gun straight. (too far to one side and it will come out the end) If you squeeze slowly and watch, you can tell when it starts to enter the zerk. This is the way I like to do it, but changing out the zerks would probably be easier for most people.

[JoshBarber]

Had a bad grease fitting then, because I tried even taking the zerk off and locking it into the right angle fitting. I was straight on, and went slow to no avail. Wish I had just bought a new 45 degree zerk to make it easier from the beginning