1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/front_end/lube/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/greasing-entire-drive-shaft-u-joints-5-zerks-total.56976/

 

@Kwikvette so just 5 on entire shaft?

 

this shows 6 of them

 

Here let me search this here in TW for you, one moment please while we retrieve your results...

 

I thought there were 6, but then again it varies with different powertrains and cab lengths.

I'll let others chime in; I have to grease mine up so I'll keep an eye out once you get to doing it.

 

*elevator music in the background*

 

Yes do them all, those pics are correct. The good thing is that they zerks were likely greased when you were having oil changes done..... Hopefully.

 

you know i do not trust them dealers doing this especially if there is a hidden one!
i am just wanting to thoroughly double check their paid work to hopefully gain some trust and confidence back from them, or at least one dealer

 

The rear drive shaft on a 4x4 should have 5 or is it 6? I'm not under the truck right now. But you should see em GQ, the one that gets skipped most I bet is the double cardan joint thing

 

so i shall write on my coupin card to have 6 fittings greased on the drive shaft

 

You got it figured out it looks like. Some guys are using that super duper extra tacky grease for the splined section, the slip yoke or whatever it's called, because of the infamous clunk, and they're having great results of the clunk going away for a lot longer time before sneaking back.
You'll want regular bearing grease in a gun or whatever for all of those zerks.... EXCEPT for the slip yoke one for the splines, that one gets moly fortified grease Toyota specifies.

 

Oh you're counting on someone else? I thought you were doing it. Write what you want on your lil coupon but I'd keep my expectations low from those knuckle draggers.

 

I use my time to type up and help DIYers, not to give instructions to professionals that get paid to do a basic job correctly. They get none of my time.

 

my neck is so fucked this morning i am not sure about getting underneath the truck without cursing like an old geezer i am

 

Take it in, they know what to do

 

get me a lift installed and i would definitely do this stuff myself, this is easy stuff i remember from my teens, but now its very taxing on my musculooskeletal system

 

I started using one of these small sized grease guns to get at the drive line zerks. You can twist the top to tighten or loosen the tip to get a perfect fit on the zerk so you don't have excess grease squirting all over. It also works nicely with a grease needle when I need to get under a boot to apply grease to some non-greasable joints. Angle joints are easy to use with it.

I have a couple of big grease guns with the flex hose that I've basically stopped using because this little fella is so easy to handle when you are under a vehicle in your driveway.

 

the $2k piece broken in my engine compartment without notifying me they broke it tells me otherwise!

 

Right. Point is I won't type up help or instructions if you're just taking it in next time. Just kind of a waste of time to type it up or look up, that's all. I'm just being a little baby about it, that's all really