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Subject:Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
From:Jim Felder
Date:Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:23:07 -0600

I don't know what your situation is exactly, but if this applies to it, you
can go to a FLAPS and buy a needle injector that will snap onto your grease
gun. This will penetrate the rubber boot and apply grease to the CV joint.
Not perfect, massaging the boot will help. If simple lubrication is your
problem, this technique, if done right with say 15 strokes of the gun,
could help. If you have some other problem, it's won't help. Sounds like
you are getting to your early, though.

Jim

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 4:03 PM, John Seehorn <jseehorn@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all of the suggestions.  I did check for loose bolts and found
> a couple loose on the RH side outer.  I'm positive they were tight at
> installation and tightening them did not make the noise go away.  So I
> suspect that the RH axle is the one causing the noise.  I'm going to try
> swapping the axles first.
>