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Old 09-12-2015, 12:05 AM
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They make angled zerks but I don't think there's enough clearance with your axles spinning
There isn't ANY room, especially with CV joints. When we did mine, we mounted the knuckle and torqued the ball joints, then greased them, took the lower fittings out, put in the plugs, then installed the bearings and axles. We didn't tighten the lower zerks because we knew we'd have to take them out. I say "We" because my mechanic actually did it. I told him that was neat and he said "Hey, this isn't my first dance!"

BTW, I bought Moog joints and the greaseable ones were shipped from the UK.

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Old 09-12-2015, 12:43 AM
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I didn't go with Moog on mine. I just bought cheap ones from Napa.
Old 09-12-2015, 06:02 AM
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IDK, but every time I use Moog, I never have to do it again. It's the same with Timken, Bosch, Monroe, and Mopar.
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Originally Posted by dave1123
There isn't ANY room, especially with CV joints. When we did mine, we mounted the knuckle and torqued the ball joints, then greased them, took the lower fittings out, put in the plugs, then installed the bearings and axles. We didn't tighten the lower zerks because we knew we'd have to take them out. I say "We" because my mechanic actually did it. I told him that was neat and he said "Hey, this isn't my first dance!"

BTW, I bought Moog joints and the greaseable ones were shipped from the UK.
Yeah that's the order I did everything.

Now my death wobble is worse...lol still need to replace tie rods and then do an alignment.
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