DIY Maintenance: 05 & later grease fitting
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RE: Shocking
alright guys, here is a tip that cumminalong has
Otay fellers....
I got a little itch to screw around with the truck today and re-wired my winch power wires and lubed to d-shaft.
Found a 16 gauge grease needle was too big for the hole. 14 gauge needle worked PUUUuuuuurfect.
All I had to do was put a very slight bend (about 15*) and it went right on home.
Also, go from the drivers side in toward the center and you have plenty of clearance. What I mean is lay on your back and rotate the d-shaft so that the grease fitting is at a 45* angle facing down and toward the driver side of the truck. This clears pretty much everything. You'll know the joint if full when grease begins to seep back out the fitting.
I got a little itch to screw around with the truck today and re-wired my winch power wires and lubed to d-shaft.
Found a 16 gauge grease needle was too big for the hole. 14 gauge needle worked PUUUuuuuurfect.
All I had to do was put a very slight bend (about 15*) and it went right on home.
Also, go from the drivers side in toward the center and you have plenty of clearance. What I mean is lay on your back and rotate the d-shaft so that the grease fitting is at a 45* angle facing down and toward the driver side of the truck. This clears pretty much everything. You'll know the joint if full when grease begins to seep back out the fitting.
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From: North Plains, Oregon
RE: Shocking
You need to get NLGI Grade 2 E.P.or equivalent grease. My self I would get a high quality synthetic grease, but not Mobile 1, I tried it and this summer oil ran out of my grease gun and made a mess so I threw it out. As I see it, if it will leak out of my grease gun in a warm garage how well will it hold up in a U joint?
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From: North Plains, Oregon
RE: Shocking
I just found out today that this grease fitting is not for the U-joint as they are sealed closed[:'(] What I did read in my 2006 owners manual on page 386 is that this grease fitting is for the front drive shaft, so I will assume they mean the grease is for the drive shaft spline[&o]