NJ B.S. Thread

I guess I sheared off my zerk in my rear drive shaft u-joint again. I should just buy a box of those zerks and be done with it.

What size zerks do our trucks usually take?

 

Yeah, I saw a lot of good home made solutions. I don't have a drill press though and they all require one. Looks like I can get away with a longer L bracket. It's only a 4' awning so nothing major.

 

More clearance at the rear diff but less by the carrier bearing

 

Gotcha

 

A regular drill will work. I just happen to have a drill press handy.

 

One piece impossible on a DCLB as it would be too long.

 

Any clue what the center to center is on the LB v. SB?

 

Wheelbase is 12" longer, so....no clue actually. Iirc 87" was maximum length for a one piece. Cuz physics.

 

Replace the damn u-joints with non-greaseable. No more zerks to rip out

 

So metric or SAE zerks?

 

I would assume metric. I have no clue.

 

I'm going to do this to my front DS. The one piece is already like this.

 

True.

 

Floyd will never do that.

But....... seriously, look into a zerk plug. Pull it and throw the zerk in to grease it, then pull zerk and install plug. No more ripped out zerks. @Subway4X4

 

Dammit. What's a zerk plug?

 

A plug that fits into a zerk hole. Flat top so nothing sticking out. Typically used on ball joints where there is no clearance fir axke shaft if zerk is left in.

 

This sounds much cheaper and much less work than replacing a u-joint.

Can you shoot me a link please Mitch

 

Greasable u-joints have more tolerance so you can get more contamination and shorten the life of the bearings.... get sealed ones or stay on top of them regularly if you wheeling on pewp water and mud...
I belive @Wheelspinner mentioned once greasing then as often as every oil change or after wheeling to push all the bad junk out... or something of that nature.

I got sealed ones on my one piece DS

Did you break them or just came loose and lost them?

 

He smears them off on rocks

 

Correct