Lube your driveshaft

If you have a 2016 Tacoma 4wd you probably have 5 zerk fittings on your drive shaft /spicer joints that need to be lubed.

I called one Toyota dealer and even though they said lube on oil change ad, they
wanted $75 Extra!

The only hassle I see, you may have to take off your skid plate to get to the very front one.

Is anyone doing this yet?

 

Yup, there’s a few threads of DIY zerk greasing.

 

Is anyone greasing their drive shafts yet?

 

$75 that's rich. I'm guessing the SA's boat payment or alimony check is late

 

I meant outside of your shower.

 

Critical detail there!



But yeah, about every 10k.

 

It's Friday and there's so many risque threads. I'll say check your zerks because every year is different. Some are now sealed.

 

I bought a tube of red and tacky grease and rubbed it on there. Is there anything else to it? Seems too easy for a dealer to charge $75.

 

i hit them every 15k miles
a bunch more just add it to the oil change list, so every 10K mile oil/filter/hit the zerks. takes about 5 min once you get use to it, i don't even remove the front plate as you can get at it from the side so nothing to take off .

 

I've lubed mine maybe twice. Those mini guns works well for me. Don't forget on the tip of the grease gun, the Nut fitting can be loosened a bit to make setting / removing the grease gun tip easier.

 

I only found 1 on my whole truck. My 2nd gen had 3.

 

If you can get somebody to help, there's no reason to be doing it alone.

 

Where? Other than my UCA’s I don’t see any?

 

Zerks only on front driveshaft on my 18.

 

They replaced the ones on the front shaft midway through the 2019s.

 

This may help.

Driveshaft will rotate by hand for easier access

Zerk #1-front driveshaft



Zerk #2-front driveshaft(remove cover with 12 mm socket)
-with cover

-without cover

-opposite view



Zerk #3-rear driveshaft



Zerk #4-rear driveshaft



Zerk #5-rear driveshaft



Thread has more info.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/check-your-u-joints.409042/

Hope you can use this info.

 

Way too much driveshaft lubing during the wuhan lockdown.

 

I'll do it for you..