Colorado B.S. Thread

Noah, so far ive found this to be the best thread on greasing the zerks, Anyone agree or have issues with this thread being correct for a 2011 4x4? Ill order a grease gun and NLGI Grade #2 grease here very soon. Maybe it should be turned into a grease the zerks party and a beer or two should be had?

here is the thread

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/te...ntire-drive-shaft-u-joints-5-zerks-total.html

 

Oh I was talkin about UCA's but I probably need to do that soon too. I'm getting near 22,000 miles

 

they dont take care of that at the dealership under warranty? im also wondering if they grease the zerks under warranty as well?

 

Well I'm sure jace would be able to do it for me but I needed to do it before I took it in for an oil change and all that other stuff

 

Lots of pro 2A activity at the state capitol today. Standing room only:

 

I was under the impression that was included in the "Lube, Oil, and Filter" service that they put on the service ticket when you get an oil change at the dealer.

 

I thought so but i want to start doing it all myself, i trust jace but i havent been taking the truck over to him for service because its far.

 

Now theres an idea

 

invest in a nice grease gun and some grease...takes a few minutes on your back and you can get all the zerks filled

i do it myself every oil change...sometimes more if i'm down there anyway


edit: read you already taking the steps...

 

only aftermarket needs to worry about greasing UCA bushings

 

So...

When's the next mod day? late april or early may - ish?

 

3 on rear, two on front shaft....one at each u joint...see above regarding rear...front middle and rear...then front shaft only has two u joints

 

I dont think i am, i just want to know how to do it myself so that i wont have issues down the road. Id like to pick some of your brains to see what general maintenance you do when doing oil changes lets say

While doing an oil change you

change oil
grease zerks on drive shaft
?
?
?

 

Thanks!

Preciate the info! (This is my first truck and first vehicle that I'm really attempting to do a good bit of work on myself, so I'm going to look up specifically which bolts those are, however I assume they are the large ones that were previously covered by the stock "skid plate"??)
I'm looking Very forward to the next meet to finally put a face with the names/trucks, but also to pick your brains on this sort of info to try and avoid as many issues down the road as possible..

Thanks Travis! We definitely need to get together soon for a run.. although I must say I DO kinda like the "Non-CO Pinstriping Look"
I'm very interested to see how your skids turn out in person..

X2

Thanks! It seems happier now..

 

I don't know what county that is, but you'd probably have to be on that county for a few years and then apply to to that specialty unit.

 

I know Ouray has a couple FJ's that you get to play in the mountains with! I was up on Yankee Boy Basin when they were doing a mountain rescue. It was cool.

 

Clear Creek County has some pretty decent mountain rescue stuff. They have a mountain rescue swat type unit, that would be cool!!

 

Yeah I got my TC UCA's on there and now need to grease the bushings