rick Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 The OE Lemförder ones seem to last very well and are pretty cheap, but I really would like to pump some grease into them at service time. Are the QH greasable ones up to standard ? Something better ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 You can get greaseable Lemforder joints too, QH are also good quality kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris113 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 I've had the QH ones on for 2 years now, (they were the cheapest in the local car place) despite several P&P days and plenty of road use they have worked well...just grease them every month with the props. Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks Ralph and Harry, BTW I didn't realise you could get greasable Lemforder ones without drilling them yourself. I'll ask my parts importer about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 As far as I'm aware Lemforder are QH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks Ralph and Harry, BTW I didn't realise you could get greasable Lemforder ones without drilling them yourself. I'll ask my parts importer about them. my last set of joints where fitted with grease nipples & came in genuine Lemforder boxes, got them from my ace local LR parts man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Do they make much difference to the life of the things as against those with out, plus as a few of these are taken off road and abused, what chance of damaget to the grease nipple? Or is it just personal choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 grease nipple is on top of the joint, so fairly well out of the way. greased once a month with good quality grease they should last for ages, next bit to go would be the rubber boots as they will still perish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 As far as I'm aware Lemforder are QH. ?? Lemforder is a ZF brand, QH is a Klarius company. Is ZF procuring them from klarius ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Do they make much difference to the life of the things as against those with out, plus as a few of these are taken off road and abused, what chance of damaget to the grease nipple? Or is it just personal choice? Probably not much difference in life. I've replaced the boots at least twice. I washed the carp out of the joint with brake cleaner and packed as much CV joint grease in as I could and installed the new boot and the tie rod ends are still original @ 285,000km. The only joint I've had to replace was the drop arm ball joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 My feeling about ones with grease nipples is that it is a sign that the seals are not up to the job of keeping the grease in and hence the mud out! If it does it's job, it should never need greasing - no? It applies to UJ's too. You can see it with GENUINE UJ's in particular and TRE's as well that the seal construction is very different to even 'OE' ones fitted with a nipple. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Very true Si, although as mentioned I've gone through several sets of boots on TRE's so far. One vehicle I had (Ford F100) still had original TRE's and uni's at 500,000km and the boots were carp, but regular greasing with a decent (not brilliant) grease kept wear at bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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