Will certainly be much better when we get the last few bits done. Some more work to come (all will be revealed soon) but we've decided to go the whole hog!
21:57 Copper grease on the hub face, a very thin smear really helps to prevent alloy wheels seizing. Being stuck on a hill in the Pennines with a flat tyre in the middle of winter with a car only ever serviced by the main dealer taught me that lesson. A big rubber hammer and the repeated kicks of the recovery driver did absolutely nothing, so I had to drive it some distance with slightly loose wheel nuts and lots of rapid side to side steering wheel movement to get it to move.
I see your point there - Dad's an advocate for putting it on the ring where the Alloy meets the hub (locates) but not on the whole hub face! Dad also says - he might have been taught wrong. Glad you got sorted!
I had to do this very job on my 2003 Volvo XC90 (same corner). While fixing an ABS problem. I found a small tear in the outer CV boot letting out the grease. I elected to remove the driveshaft and to dismantle the outer CV joint to clean it.
Wish I could grease my joints 😔 Thought I had the wrong video for a minute, large Germans on you, greasing balls……. 😂 A few Pounds well spent I think. Yup you Dad made it look easy 😀
You can also do them without taking the pinch bolt out of the steering knuckle i have done a few of them 😂. But a job well done 😊Hope you got a nice clean pass👍
That gaiter kit was really good value, but the material these days seems very different to the soft rubber boot that came off the car, any comments from Mr Coupland Sr about changes over the years ? Makes you wonder how long they are supposed to last these days, even with a respectable German sounding brand name. That’s a nice understated effective efficient Audi…. a real oddity these days !
