U-joint failure

I religiously grease my u-joints once a month as part of my routine maintenance. There's something about these joints that make it mandatory IMO. Even with my regular maintenance, I'm still changing them out every 2-3 years..

This was the most recent one that I replaced a few moths ago..
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/monkeyproofs-misadventures.697489/page-4#post-25724972

 

Wow, I'd say you got your money worth out of that set.

 

@SPARROW66

You were very fortunate to not have failure on the trip.

Curious...what type of U-joint you chose. No maintenance (no zerk), zerk in the spider or zerk in the cap.

I replaced the U-joints and CB this past fall. I stayed with the grease types, but went with the zerk in the cap. Very easy to attach a grease gun, better access than the zerk on the spider.

 

Have a family member check it after you paid for them too be lubed.