Finn Riv Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Dear Rivieara colleagues! How you grease drive shaft middle bearing? Do you have some adapter to grease gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockable Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 You have to remove the plug and screw a grease fitting into it. I dont know the size of the tapped hole but it is small. Probably 1/16 npt. Then, you can use standard grease gun to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Get an adapter like this to reach fittings on your U-joints (if equipped): https://www.amazon.com/STEELMAN-06134-Straight-Extension-Adapter/dp/B00KMUXXD4?th=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 48 minutes ago, Rockable said: You have to remove the plug and screw a grease fitting into it. I dont know the size of the tapped hole but it is small. Probably 1/16 npt. Then, you can use standard grease gun to do it. I believe that's your slip spline 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 2 hours ago, Finn Riv said: Dear Rivieara colleagues! How you grease drive shaft middle bearing? Do you have some adapter to grease gun? Finn: the carrier bearing? Sealed for life. No grease. The cardan joints have a fitting and aftermarket ujoints sometimes them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cannon Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 (edited) I have a grease injector needle. It looks like something a doctor would use, but it has a grease fitting type ball on the end that snaps into the grease gun. I pierced the bearing seal with the needle and gently injected fresh grease into the bearing in a few places. https://www.amazon.com/LockNLube-Grease-Injector-Needle/dp/B0779J6HTX You have to take the drive shaft out of the car to do this, it is not something you do when you routinely grease the chassis. Edited October 10, 2023 by Jim Cannon (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Riv Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 45 minutes ago, gungeey said: Finn: the carrier bearing? Sealed for life. No grease. The cardan joints have a fitting and aftermarket ujoints sometimes them. Sorry, this is what I think to mean, but wrote different thing. So that what I had to ask was how to grease cardan joints in the middle. My greasegun head doesn’t fit inside of x-frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockable Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, gungeey said: I believe that's your slip spline You are correct. Sorry for the confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gungeey Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Finn Riv said: Sorry, this is what I think to mean, but wrote different thing. So that what I had to ask was how to grease cardan joints in the middle. My greasegun head doesn’t fit inside of x-frame. Double cardan joints, each gets lubed in one spot. If you're lucky it will accept some grease. Spin your driveshaft and look at your ujoints, some may have fittings also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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