volvo 290 dp grease points

[gery w]

hi all, after removing my 290dp's to replace the bellows i noticed that the bearings in the transom sheilds (gimbal bearing?) could be doing with some fresh grease.Can anybody shed some light on how to go about doing this as ive searched the forums and cant find info anywhere. thanks Gerry

 

[Pendana]

I take it you mean the steering fork bearing at the top of the transom shield. From the engine compartment, scramble to the back of the engine where you will find the tiller arm from the steering fork/helmet. Beneath that you will find a grease nipple. Using a grease gun with a flexible hose, pump the grease in until you see it oosing from the bearing.
They are usually very awkward to get to and thus often forgotten in maintenance regimes.

Eddie

 

[Peanuts]

Hi Eddie

I don't think the OP is talking about the steering bush, although I might be wrong.

I believe he is talking about the bearings on the drive shaft, which of course we know are sealed, unlike the 280 leg that had a grease point on the inside of the transom shield. With the leg removed you would have to remove the seal to repack the grease, although I have used a syringe (without a needle) to put some in as a lot of grease had come out for some reason.

Maybe a little clarification is required from him to confirm, although this may have answered the question.

 

[gery w]

thanks for the replys ive got the steering fork grease point if you look in from the transom you see the drive shaft coming from the engine the bearing is in the housing which is green in colour thanks

 

[Peanuts]

Hi
That is what I thought you were on about, as I mentioned before just to make sure there was grease in there I used a syringe with grease in, gently prised the seal lip open enough to get the nozzle of the syringe in then pressed some grease in, I'm not sure if it did any good but at least I knew there was some grease in there. There should be a gap there because the drive from the outdrive goes in there, it is when you remove the drive that is pulls some of the grease with it. That 's what makes it look so greasy if you understand my meaning

Hope that helps.

 

[Pendana]

Ah, yes. As peanuts says, I'd stick to the syringe route if you want to put more grease in.
I have removed the seal before - it was a pig of a job, Ended up using a small "L" shaped piece of steel to hook between the shaft and the seal fastened to slide hammer. The new seal goes in easy using a very large socket as a drift.


Eddie

 

[gery w]

thanks for the info guys very helpful