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Maintenance: what needs grease?

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by BackroadBetty, May 27, 2019.

  1. May 27, 2019 at 1:39 PM
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    BackroadBetty

    BackroadBetty [OP] New Member

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    When you do an oil change and other routine maintenance, what all should you be greasing? I am buying a grease gun and know my universal joints require grease and probably lots of other things. Just want to maintain joints and not sure when/where I need to grease. Thanks!
     
  2. May 27, 2019 at 2:16 PM
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    hubcapsc

    hubcapsc Un-Known Stranger

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    Mike
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    There was a thread on here last week about how there's eight (no, nine!) zerks
    on the driveline... I went out there and found and greased eight of them. There's
    actually some 5 lugs that don't have any zerks, though... what is your truck?

    Besides the zerks I learned (here and from the mechanic down at the shop) that
    there's such a thing as hydro-lock on driveshafts... these trucks have slip-joints
    in the drivelines and if you pump grease in those two places until it comes out
    there's a chance of damaging stuff when the slip joints try to slip and instead
    slam into non-compressible liquid (grease) ... Timmy talks about it about
    four minutes into this video...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyltxe2nPEg

    -Mike
     
    Last edited: May 27, 2019
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  3. May 27, 2019 at 5:28 PM
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    zach141b

    zach141b Well-Known Member

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    Totally depends on your truck style, which you don't mention in your profile.
    My 2001 3.4L 4wd 4-door does indeed have nine, as mentioned in Post #2. Toyota even specifies moly in some of them and lithium in others.
     

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