wet bolt on suspension

dryfly wrote:

cummins2014 wrote:

pcm1959 wrote:
The wet bolts are supposed to be installed only at a certain angle to help in the addition of grease. They do not rotate in place as they are grooved to prevent them from doing so (at least in the case of the MorRyde wet bolts).
As others have said, simply take a little pressure off each wheel until the grease goes in. You will find the sweet spot and the grease will go in easily.

I have a couple that I have never found the sweet spot, removed, and repositioned at either 3 or 9 o'clock . They take grease fine when they are out, so I know they work okay, but just cannot get the grease in them with the weight on them or not.

I pulled them out again this spring when I repacked the wheel bearings, and replaced the MorRyde shear springs, repositioned them , and they still will not take grease. Next time around I will replace them.

I am not too worried they have been in there now for about 9 years ,initially greased when installed, there is very little grease around them anyway when they go in. They looked great ,even the two that I have not been able to grease . No wear that I could see. Thats 9 years with just the initial grease when installed 9 years ago. The bronze bushings were still good, and the wet bolts have no slop in them.

What process did you use to remove them? I believe the are splined so I assume you drove them out. Did you use a hammer and punch, or did you use some type of a puller?

No puller , I usually loosen the nut leave it on a few threads as not to mess up the threads, then tap the nut, not hard they usually come out with not having to beat the **** out of them just to get them started ,then I remove the nut and finish them off with a flat end punch . Or if they are reluctant then I just use the flat end punch , and keep it in the center. So far I have not messed up any bolts or nuts

Can't say that about the bronze bushings did mess up a couple of them when the threads of the wet bolt came down on the bushing coming out ,and chipped a piece out of them. Too much tension on things. Now the real problem was getting those two bushings out of there, finally had to gently grind thru them to get them out, they just did not want to be driven out of there. I used a 3/8 carbide burr, and it made short order on them . Probably could have left them in there, they were not chipped too bad on the edge .