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Mar 14, 2008 | 11:45 AM

gsr x civic

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lower balljoint / knuckle

hey guise (lol) quick question...

on the castle nut area (94 civic) where the grease packet is....
i just replaced my lower ball joint thing (idk what its called) and i put on a new grease packet and packed the **** out of it with grease. now i was just wondering... i just drove my car today and there seemed to be some grease on my rim... is everything going to be okay? i hand tightened the castle nut really well and then put the cotter pin through, so i'm not concerned about that... but i was wondering why is there grease coming off? is it just residue or should i be more concerned?

Mar 14, 2008 | 11:50 AM

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Re: lower balljoint / knuckle (gsr x civic)

If you put the castle nut and codder pin in then I would expect that there wouldnt be anything to worry about but you might want some more opinions.

Mar 14, 2008 | 12:33 PM

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Re: lower balljoint / knuckle (96 EX)

ty sir

keep em coming! :D

Mar 14, 2008 | 12:36 PM

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it is not uncommon for excess grease to squirt out of a new ball joint, or one that has been recently greased.

Mar 15, 2008 | 11:13 PM

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Re: (packman5280)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by packman5280 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it is not uncommon for excess grease to squirt out of a new ball joint, or one that has been recently greased.</TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks for the reassurance!
it was just the one i replaced that was leaking!