If you have a zerk fitting, then that should be OK. Just a rag to wipe up old and excess grease will be fine, pressure washing is not necessary, toothbrush probably not necessary - you want to clean the joint from dirt, not get every little bit of grease off of it. Just keep pumping grease into it to clean the joint from the inside out.Using the degreaser and powerwasher on the outside, i.e. the boot, will be fine. For a super quick fix, I've read that some people have used gasket maker goop (silicone) and form a temporary "boot". Won't look pretty and probably won't last more than a few weeks to many a few months - but they didn't have to disassemble anything. Literally a bandaid fix - but will probably be OK temporarily until you get time to replace it the right way.
If there is no zerk fitting - I wouldn't even try and degrease the joint - since then there is no good way to get grease back in there. Otherwise, you'd end up wiping whatever grease was left that was protecting the joint. Without that cushion of grease, you'd have metal on metal contact - even if the new boot completely surrounds it with fresh grease - that tierod end will be gone for sure.
Hi Fisherxpo101,
Would a hand grease gun do as far as pressure to pump the grease into the joints to clean them out? Or do I need an air grease gun to get the pressure in there? How about his grease gun we sell? http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals/1000-1999/1703.pdf
I am going to get the red grease high temp type.
This link seems promising: http://www.fiatforum.com/barchetta/106401-...oot-repair.html
Thanks,