Jon,
Yes, warming the grease is a good idea, also turning the steering to full lock will make it easier to get the stuff in.
Good luck.
Pieter
Hi all,
>
> Decided it was time to drain the bit of remaining oil from the swivels
> last night and replace with new one shot.
>
> Firstly i did about 10 miles to try and get the stuff warm and runny,
> back into the garage and out with the filler plug and drain plug. >
> drip, drip, drip...
>
> half an hour later and i had about 3 egg cup fulls in a collecting > bowl.
>
> another half hour later and i had about half of the one shot greese in
> and it appeared to be full.
>
> Fed up with air locks when feeding from the top hole, i removed the
> drain hole and force fed upwards from the drain plug (which seemed
> more effective) until it came out of the "filler" (top) hole.
>
> the point being i can only seem to get half of the greese into a
> swivel, i thought the whole point was that the Land Rover package was
> such that ALL the greese should be taken up by the swivel, not half of > it!
>
>
> So, how do i get the remaining half in??
>
> Should i immerse the grease "bag" in nearly boiling water to thin it
> down before "pouring" it in or will this destroy the grease
> properties?
>
> Any pointers welcomed.
>
> Thanks.
> Jon
>