Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I was under the car today checking the bolts are tight, which they weren't. Anyway, I noticed a line of what appears to be grease near the joints of the prop. There is a photograph on my blog. The brown is dinitrol which I applied prior to starting the build. The black doesn't appear to be from the gearbox and as both ends of the prop have the same line it does seem to be related to the prop. Prop Grease Picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 It's normal - grease from the UJ. The prop should have grease nipples for re-greasing every so often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrightpayne Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Have you got any nipples 😳 Usually when you grease them old grease ouzes out inside the spider and flicks everywhere. Rust prevention 😬 As they say TADTS Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titanium7 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I think the new prop shafts to a BMW diff don't have grease nipples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I didn't see any nipples. Not sure what that means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Quoting AndrewB: I didn't see any nipples. Not sure what that means. How do you add grease if there are no grease nipples there and when would you add more grease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Sealed for life bearings ? Or nipples broken off ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catastrada Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 When I fitted my Sadev seq. Gearbox last winter I changed my propshaft for the propshaft Caterham is selling for R500D with seq. Gearbox. When I received this new propshaft I was not able to notice any difference with my existing propshaft (same diametier, same UJ size...) except that there are no nipples on the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Thanks everyone. If they are sealed for life units and I have grease splatter on my tunnel are the UJ's going to, well, run out of grease? Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I wouldn't have thought so, it will be the excess working itself out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 as a prop shaft supplier said to me .... sealed for life , and how long is the life ??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 he gave me nipples - but no tassels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper man Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I suspect the life is 300,000km or so. The rest of a Caterham will probably have dissolved into rust before a prop shaft runs out of grease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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