Doing a complete vehicle lub change at the moment (the diff oil came out looking like it had been there from new 140k miles ago! No contamination, but the oil itself had defintely begun to break down) and the last job is the swivel hubs, which I'm going from oil to one-shot. Checking on various forums it seems theres a good point made that with oil you know if your seals are leaking, but you could miss that with grease... also, some people had commented that they thought the grease might also not splash around enough. But there also seems to be no sound evidence of anything suffering due to lack of splash lubrication, just some anecdotal that it might not work as well in some applications. Now that I've bought it I'm thinking that if oil has worked in the swivels since 1984 perfectly well, maybe I should have just stuck with it. Judging from the drain plugs, it's never had an actual swivel hub oil change - but the oil was as clean as a whistle when it came out. It also makes me wonder how in future I'll know if theres plenty still in - as being grease it won't flow to a level, and if you top up with EP90 presumably that would thin the grease, changing it's properties and defeating the whole point of the excercise. BUT I think the whole idea is that you can forget about it thereafter apart from periodic inspection?
"Hmm...I wonder what the wife would think to me using the measuring jug out of the kitchen for that!" - yes she will, I can vouch for that. They also get upset :blabla: at you using them for (clean) engine oil I've discovered....:behindsofa: