Wrong grease in balljoint - What to do?

[JoJo]

Hey guys,

I've made a stupid mistake and iam hoping someone can give me some idea of the best way to fix it.

What i've done, is I had finished installing new lower ball joints on my Mark 2 Corona (MX22) (same as RT104 balljoints) and I have stupidly grabbed my wrong grease gun and filled one of the joints up with the wrong grease. I accidentally filled it with HTB (High tmp bearing), instead of the correct Moly joint grease in one of my other guns.

Stupid, I know.....

How would people recomend I rectify this as Iam sure just leaving the HTB will be no good......

Any ideas?

Thanks guys

Regards,
JoJo

[kickstartRA28]

Just slip the ball joint boot on the ball joint of to the side wipe away as much as possible and pump thru the correct grease until the old grease has cleared refit the boot.

[brett_celicacoupe]

drop the ball joint out of the steering arm,


pump the shit out of it with preferred grease


put back together


done.


youll need to drop the ball joint out of the steering arm so the grease has an escape path

[1975ToyotaCrown]

Is it possible to suck it out by screwing cutting the end off a longer grease nipple and suck it out with some kind of pump or the other option would be to dismantle and chean out properly.

[wa5]

Would there be that much of a difference in lubricating qualities between the two?

[senn]

HTB needs temperature to protect properly. it would probably work to an extent, but why settle for 2nd best if you have the correct stuff.

[lexsmaz]

I'm not sure on the grease analysis, but the high temp grease will just do that handle high temps, i cant see the properties of the grease not lubricating properly when cold as senn mentions, i would not worry to much, or if you want to undo the grease nipple try & push out the some of the grease by pushing on the boot, i dont think much will come out though, refit nipple & regrease ...

Chassis grease years ago, from a visual point of view didn't appear to have moly grease in it & was used for ball joints & the like ..

[briney]

don't sweat it mate. at least you greased it ! just use the other stuff next time.

[JoJo]

will mixing the grease's make it worse? or just leave the one type in there?

[TERRA Operative]

Just pump the proper stuff through. Can you tell us the grease composition? (It will be written on the packet somewhere). That way we can be sure it's compatible.

Having said that, those types of greases generally are pretty much the same base stock with different additives, so you should be fine.

[PlacentaJuan]

yes all you need to do is pump the correct grease through the joint until the other stuff has been forced out (once you see new grease then that is enough)

you dont need to disassemble anything.

[kickstartRA28]

High temp grease is just grease with attitude.

[JoJo]

ok, thanks guys

[Z2TT]

Far as I know HTB Grease is Bentonite Grease. Would it really matter if you used it in a Ball Joint?

Also http://promaproducts.blogspot.com/ states

"Clay, or bentonite grease can be heated to red heat without the grease deforming, however if one drop oil or another type grease is added, the grease will turn to oil."

[JoJo]

Far as I know HTB Grease is Bentonite Grease. Would it really matter if you used it in a Ball Joint?

Also http://promaproducts.blogspot.com/ states

"Clay, or bentonite grease can be heated to red heat without the grease deforming, however if one drop oil or another type grease is added, the grease will turn to oil."

Well, as you say that, the balljoint has 'drips' forming on the nipple, ;ie looks like oil!.... I just left it and didn't add any other grease to it ???

[Z2TT]

Before you added the HTB grease to the ball joint, did it have any other grease inside?

[JoJo]

nope, it was brand new, out of the packet......

[Robbos_Toyotas]

yep i vote just keep pumping the proper stuff through, it wont take long. you'll probly notice the two greases may be a diff colour??

[Z2TT]

I wouldn't see any problem with using Bentonite grease as long as you didn't mix it with anything else.

[YLD-16L]

Before you added the HTB grease to the ball joint, did it have any other grease inside?

It would have had a very small amount of assembly grease in it as a preservative.