sunday i was board so i decided to take part of the s/c apart and greese the bearings. I went and got some high temp. bearing greese and started the project. All i did was take off the shaft part and the guide wheels and packed them full of greese. there is a seal on the bearings that can easly be taking off with a razer blad by prying on the edge to lift it up off the bearing. when first looking at all the bearing there pretty dry. then i put the seal bach in place. when i was done started it back up it was so quite i thougt i forgot to but the belt drive back on. what a differance greasing the bearing made. I hope this will extend the life of my s/c

 

That's pretty nice. How long have you had the S/C and how many miles on it prior to this greasing? Lack of grease in the bearing will KILL the bearing's life so you probably just helped fix an annoying noise issue on the S/Cs

 

I bought the car new, had the s/c put on at 1500 miles and it has about 7800 and some change on it now. I cant believe how quite it is now its like its not even there. expect for the clunking sound that trd says is normal thats still there but bearly noticable

 

yeah, that's the sound I thought you got rid of....hmmmmm....

Well, if it deminished it at all, that should tell TRD that a greasing issue is apparent. hhmmm

 

the sound you hear is the shaft play when the shaft goes into the s/c housing. its where the two tri-pod ends meet.

 

I agree

 

I wish i had a before and after sound clip that would really help.

 

Yeah, but hey...why not write up a quick DIY about what you did? Maybe that'll help some other's out and help prolong the life of the S/C bearing and the S/C itself.

 

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I could but i don't have any picts to show. it took me about 3.5 hours to do and thats going to the store to get the grease.