Re: Lubrication of universal joints

Posted by HH56 On 2017/8/1 19:26:37

I wonder if Packards reasoning has something to do with the tight clearances inside the caps and that grease might tend to channel or would be thrown to the ends via centrifugal force and with the higher viscosity, tend to stay there. I think it would also be hard to be sure it was distributed equally. With oil I would think it would be thin enough to flow back or redistribute when the car stopped or was going slow to at least wet the rollers periodically.