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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I was looking under my rig for things to grease with my grease gun and they only thing I saw with a grease fitting is the front shaft but not the rear one, doesn't it not have one? What else should I be greasing?
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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Seems like 6-8 grease fittings up front, don't recall exactly, none on the rear drive shaft unless u replace the non-greasable u-joints with greaseable.
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:35 PM
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Seems like 6-8 grease fittings up front, don't recall exactly, none on the rear drive shaft unless u replace the non-greasable with greaseable.
Were are they all located?
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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Backside of the wheels (ball joints) and steering linkage.
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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If you are 4x4 lower ball joints don't have grease fittings. No clearance for axle u joints. You will need a grease needle.
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 01:59 PM
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IIRC, no lower ball joint fitting on 4X2 either, just uppers and steering linkage.
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Backside of the wheels (ball joints) and steering linkage.
How often should a grease these? To be honest iv nvr greased them, if I do so would I notice anything like smoother performance?
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Old Jan 2, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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Probably no performance improvement but thw will last a lot longer and they are NOT fun to replace.
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Originally Posted by jeepxj19
How often should a grease these? To be honest iv nvr greased them, if I do so would I notice anything like smoother performance?
Every oil change......bad things happen when proper bumper to bumper maintenance is neglected.
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