What type of Grease do you use for the Prop and Drive shafts

The Manual calls for NLGI 2 Lithium based Chassis Grease - what do you guys use ? Brand specific !

I called a dealer locally here and they said they just use "wheel bearing " grease :-(

I only have 2500 miles on the truck, but it has gone through 1 winter here in the northeast and another one is fast approaching - lots of salt on the roads all winter long -

I would like to be able to just put a couple of pumps into each zerk and NOT have to fully pump out what is already in there from the factory -

I have looked in some auto parts stores around here and there is quite a large selection - some brands of grease state that you can NOT mix different types of grease -

So I'm a little confused as to what to use - I want to keep it as simple as possible

 

Most folks will say Mobil 1, which is a fine grease.

 

After reading more info hear at TW on this subject I did some research on Mobil 1 grease - here is a link which convinces me to go with that product -

http://www.mobil.com/USA-English/Lubes/PDS/GLXXENGRSMOMobil_1_Synthetic_Grease.aspx

 

I don't know what the factory uses but it is pretty shitty along with an even shittier job of doing it.
First oil change I greased the zerks, 2 were bone dry and the others had some runny black stuff come out that wasn't much thicker then 2 day old coffee

 

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Is there a diagram or a schematic showing the location of all the grease fittings ?

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that would be nice ive never greased anything on the truck and wanna keep it protected but dont know where to start

 

Its an 01 and never been greased, Thats not good

 

Finally got to doing the grease fittings yesterday - here is some info for the above posters not familiar with the procedure -

1 - There are 5 zerk fittings, 3 on the "drive shaft" and 2 on the "propeller shaft"

2 - The 3 on the "drive shaft" are easy, they all line up with each other, so once you have the "drive shaft" oriented for easy access you can do all of them - I used a "lever" handled grease gun, my truck has 2500 mi. on it and is 1 year old, it took 4 full pumps on each fitting to get the factory grease to start oozing out and then I did 1 more full pump (for a total of 5), the pump handle got very hard to push in on the 5th pump so I went VERY slow - no problems

3 - The 2 on the "prop shaft" are a little more of a pain, they can be done, just requiring a bit more effort - remember the "prop shaft" can be turned by hand for proper alignment, the front zerk fitting on the "prop shaft" is tight, just wiggle the grease coupler a little and push hard, it will pop on - the rear zerk fitting is the most difficult, access it from the passenger side (I did all of this in my driveway, did not jack up the truck), I also have a 12" flex hose on the grease gun (a necessity for this fitting), rotate the shaft to find the zerk, there is a shield and cross member making this difficult to get to, push the grease coupler on to the fitting the best you can, steady it in position and use a long, flat blade screwdriver to push on the back of the collar of the grease coupler, it took me a couple of tries but it will push on all the way - these "prop shaft" fittings took 3 full pumps to start the factory grease oozing out and the 4th full pump was hard so again I went VERY slow - no problems

4 - If the truck was on a lift or you have it raised up a little this will make the job easier -

 

I use Pennzoil Pennlith Ultra EP-2. Whenever I apply the grease (3 zerks on the rear drive shaft, 2 on the front), I squeeze enough in until the old dirty stuff is out and I can see clean grease escaping.

I have dropped the rear-most section of driveshaft myself too, to apply grease to the slip yoke. For that, I use Molykote BR2 Plus (I ordered it for my ATV). It seems to be good grease for the slip yoke so far, and has cured the thump when stopping/pulling away (knock on wood).

FYI, the front-most zerk on the rear drive shaft is easier to get to if you remove the exhaust heat shield.

 

Correction, There is 6 zerks on the rear shaft and 3 on the front for a total of nine.

 

Here's what I have on my 04' On the front there's three, One on each U-Joint and one for the slip. On the rear there is 6, One on the rear U-Joint, One on the slip, One on the front U-Joint, and three for the two mid U-Joints. On the two mid U-Joints close to the carrier bearing, You have to look really hard to find them but there are 3.