Check Your U-Joints

Just greased all five on mine. Each of them took between five and seven pumps. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this important tip!

 

checked at my 5k checkup, paperwork states all fine.

 

Removed heat shield. 4-7 pumps each to fill. Heard the air squeeze out right before visible grease.

 

All 5 had nothing but assembly lube in them. Most took 5-6 pumps but the back u-joint took 10. Thanks to the OP for the heads-up.

 

Really you think a sales person cares???? You get your vehicle and check forums and hope they are up to date Your truck know it inside out!!! You love your truck don't you?Thank god for tacomaworld....

 

To blue bear Damn rite next!!!!!!!Sales persons sell that's it hey what do they drive????

 

So I got to this today

Of my 5 zerks all had paint still on them

I was only able to pump 3-4 good pumps into them however.

Black stuff spewed out so I assume there was grease in it already.

How much of it am I suppose to pump in? Just until it spews out ?

As for the heat shield I was able to get to it by turning it and not having to remove it.

Oh and thanks for making this thread! Mine wasn't bone dry but now I know for sure they aren't!

 

Until you see new grease coming out all 4 seals
PrisonerOfDoom has a good pic here. Wipe off the excess.
.https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/check-your-u-joints.409042/page-24#post-11857808

 

oh dang..... i didnt squeeze it out that much lol. Maybe i need to get back down there then.

 

Think of it as a flush and refill procedure.

 

Again to all.It is Your Truck free oil change at dealer No greasing on my wife's 2013 I greased it every time.No such thing as too much grease.Hit them when you can I am Anal I do it every month...Just like someone said there is a place where they make grease all Da Long.

 

I would pony up for a grease gun and 1 tube of grease(less than 50 bucks). It literally takes 10 minutes to grease and you don't even have to jack up your truck(I am 5'10" and 245lbs, if I can fit most people can) Someone else said the dealership said it was "ok" and they had to pump em up as well. Just saying "peace of mind" is worth it's weight in gold.

 

they dont care at all...all they expect is to bring you their broken vehicle to fix at the dealership....when preventative maintenance can help and sometimes eliminate you even going to the dealership...

 

lol, one member had a person at the dealership tell him there is no zerks.

 

There are u-joints that dont have zerks..

 

not on 4wd units

 

anways i went back out there and pumped my shaft until it spewed

one question, when cleaning it all up does it have to be spic and span? If left over grease gets flung around down there will it do it anything? MY neck was starting to hurt so i gave up trying to clean it

 

Just the excess.
It'll fling out no matter what. If a big glob is left to fling on the exhaust, you might notice a smell; won't hurt anything.
I run a microfiber through them; grabs the grease and carries it away, instead of spreading it around.

 

Excess grease flung around will cause metal NOT to rust where it sticks.

I aways figured if I could see grease spatter located around greasable joints, they were greased and if someone did that, they tended to take better care of a vehicle then one that had zero signs of joints with zerks being greased.