Grease Nipples ?

Ok got your attention haha, I was lubing up the truck, and I only see 3 nipples along the drive shaft. Is that it? are there any on the hubs etc that I am missing?

Thanks again.

 

if you ever see more than 2 nipples.....stop and run

 

I have 9 zerks

 

And if they are on the shaft....well then idk what to tell ya. lol

But anyway, when i greased mine i think i found 4 or 6 if i remember correctly. There should be 2 on the front shaft; one on each end, 2 on the intermediate shaft and 2 on the final shaft.

 

Shit I just did this too, I think there's 7 on mine & no service for the double-cardan, yep pretty sure its 7 for mine, single cabs (1st gens) probably have 1 piece driveshaft

 

If we've got 9 which 2 am I missing? Guess I'll have to check again ....

 

I want to say there's only 7 (for access and double cab), 1 for each u-joint, 1 on the rear shaft itself (slip yoke), and 1 in the middle piece.

 

Bingo there's 2 that are hiding...

 

There's also 2 more on the leaf spring shackles...

 

And you don't want to risk messing up that Double Cardan Joint cause I heard it's Expensive

 

Should be three on the Double cardan better check again 2 are at the ujoint and the one iskinda in the center of both wipe away the grease youll find it

 

correction 2 zerks on each leaf spring shackle...I just greased mine

 

and yes I have a total of 9 zerks along the driveshaft...I just went to grease mine and all the zerks were hidden on the double cardan haha...

 

Shit ok I've got 8 & I could only find 2 on the dbl cardan, I count 3 for the rear (1-Ujoint on diff,1-Ujoint from tailshaft,1-sliding yoke) 2 for the dbl cardan for a total of 5 for the rear driveline & 3 for the front: 1- Ujoint off transfer to front drvshaft, 1-frnt sliding yoke & 1- for frnt Ujoint bolting up to frnt diff. For a total of 8

 

Can I just buy a standard grease gun with the fitting it comes with in order to grease all the zerks? Or do I need a special fitting?

 

I use a standard tip no problems unless I get sloppy like I did in one pic

 

Thanks man, I guess I pump until it oozes out? Even though that didn't sound good, that is SOP, correct?

 

He wants to pump his gun into the nipples until it oozes

j/k

 

oh man, look what I have started. I am gonna get back under there on Monday and get the rest done... I guess I have to really clean it up. They seem to be good at hiding.

./v