krb wrote:
Good to know and good you detected it before it failed. No noise or anything yet?
Were the OEMs greasable (not had mine on the road long enough to find out just yet) or sealed? If Both are an option, curious why you went with zerks. On other trusted forums I've enjoyed the pro/con discussion of sealed vs greasable. Always interested in other point of views...
The ones I removed were NOT greaseable, they looked to be the factory OEM joints based on the cast numbers on the cross piece.
As to noise; yes I had begun to notice some odd noise when the engine was under load going uphill around 40-50 mph. That is what prompted me to put it on the rack and start looking closely at driveline parts. Was not a bad noise, but was abnormal and out of character for this Jeep.
As to greaseable or non-greaseable; I am old school and I like being able to grease things when possible. Greasing things simply makes them last! The original u-joint was non-greaseable and the failed cup was bone dry and devoid of any grease and that is why it failed. Being able to grease keeps them lubricated and also forces out any moisture or contaminates that might make their way into the cup. The Spicer u-joints were available without the grease fitting and they were less expensive, but I choose and wanted the higher priced greaseable joints....
Length A (in): 3.219 Inch
Length B (in): 3.219 Inch
Spicer U-Joint (SPL) U-Joint (w/grease fitting)
Part #: 5-153X (greaseable)
Spicer Life Series (SPL) U-Joint
Part #: 5-1310X (
without/grease fitting)
[quote=Note:] Be careful selecting U-Joints, there are different sizes used in the gas versions with manual transmissions and they will not fit the Liberty CRD[/quote]
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