Packing CV with grease ?

[stumped]

This ties in with my previous question on replacing the right axle half shaft on my 1989 Camry. The replacement axle's inner joint, the one with the 6 bolt holes, has no grease & has to be packed.

How much grease has to be packed into the boot & joint? Normally I'd pack bearings with all they could hold. But is it possible to over-stuff a boot where it might break open when in use?

[88' camry v6 LE]

Grease capacity: 43 – 53 g (0.09 – 0.12 Ib) Inner joint



Grease capacity: 90 – 100 g (0.20 – 0.22 Ib) inboard tulip/ boot

[malayan]

Hey nice reply up there.
One reason I like this site sooo much
Great info.

Any chance the joint is bad too . Just buy a reman $55?

[stumped]

Originally Posted by 88' camry v6 LE

Grease capacity: 43 – 53 g (0.09 – 0.12 Ib) Inner joint



Grease capacity: 90 – 100 g (0.20 – 0.22 Ib) inboard tulip/ boot

The more I look at the situation the more confused I get. The inner joint looks dry, except for a thin coating of oil. The Toyota manual, in bold print, does say do not compress the inboard boot. Therefore I presumed the boot should be packed with grease. I carefully squeezed it & figured I would start seeing some grease appear at the exposed end. But I did not. It just makes me wonder how much grease is in the boot. Or maybe its all settled at the small end.

I doubt you can ever get any grease into the boot through the inner end, so I'm presuming the boot does have grease. But I still have to pack grease to the center drive shaft as per the online Toyota manual, or to the open end inner end of the half shaft. The upper picture in the manual on page FA-39 could be the half shaft or the center drive shaft. Hard to tell. But the description does say center drive shaft. Is there actually room there for grease?

Where did you actually pack grease into?

[new echo owner]

I usually put the grease into the joint itself, not in the boot. Just a little bit more than enough to cover the joints.

N.E.O.

[stumped]

Originally Posted by new echo owner

I usually put the grease into the joint itself, not in the boot. Just a little bit more than enough to cover the joints.

N.E.O.

Thanks for the reply.
That's what I planned on doing since I'll never get any in the boot. If you cannot get any in the boot it must be packed. But that is a presumption.

[new echo owner]

Don't put too much in there it will be pushed back out. The boot is there to keep the dust and dirt or whatever from contaminating the joints, doesn't need any grease in there.

N.E.O.