80 Series Tailshaft

Just to add I only put 2 pumps in the yokes each service.

Ian's mechanic is right - the grease shuts up the vibration, but only for a while and can cause trouble in the long run like Phil says. The grease can damage the seals, and as the joint flexes (even over bitumen roads) you get more grease thrown out on to the bottom of the car.

Prevents rust I guess but not a pretty smell when it gets on the exhaust box.

I insisted on new shafts as a permanent cure - the mechanic could not get a non genuine rear one but it had less slop so I am doing ok for now. As a compromise I put ten pumps into that joint but know where it ends up. It certainly damps the odd vibration for 5000 kms or so though. The new one in the front only gets four or five pumps.

Its a bit of a compromise.

Max