Grease your zerks!!!!

Thanks. I worked hard to get the right exposures.

I am glad to know that someone benefited from that. I too learned that rather recently. I learned it while reading some forums for farmers in the midwest. Some of them are grease masters with all their farming equipment and the like. The coupler will adjust to fit the many different variations of grease nipples.

 

If you ask me, they surely look like nipples!

And look - it's legit!!
http://www.britishfasteners.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BTF&Category_Code=300

 

so where are all these zerks located at? only on the drive shaft?

 

I think so. I have found no zerks anywhere else on the truck. If the truck is 4x4 there are 5 zerks, two on the front drive shaft u-joints, and three on the rear drive shaft u-joints. But prerunners I understand, have sealed u-joints.

Side topic, I read on a jeep forum, that some heeps can have 25 zerks!

Here is a thread that recently discussed sealed u-joints if anyone is interested: http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/85584-2wd-u-joints-lubed-life.html

 

My Grand Cherokee has 5 zerks.

 

I have looked more then once and there are NO zert fitting on my prerunner! Any where on the shaft or housing.

So this thread is limited to whom it may apply to...

Yuma Taco,

 

Very helpful. Didn't know my driveshaft needed grease. I need to start taking better care of my truck...

 

Only 4x4s have zerks. I have no idea why that is.

 

So if i have a 2wd Pre-runner I do not have to grease anything?

 

7 zerks on my Taco and I use "Lucas Red N' Tacky #2" Great Product!!!

 

Thanks for the pics, Crom!

 

Correct.

 

Unless you drive in 4-wheel drive all the time, the back will normally take more grease;
the back is always spinning while the front are part time.
Its normal to have to pump several times in the back
even more for the rear driveshaft yoke ( i think its called a yoke )

 

My truck has bigger zerks than yours.

 

Wait, now I'm confused. How do 4x4s have 7 zerks and PreRunners have 0? Does that mean that the only 2 I have are the ones on my UCA's?

 

Thanks for letting us know. The owner of the built wrangler? in this forum reports having 25 zerks and he is tired of greasing them

The 2nd gen 4x4's have only 5 zerks, all along the drive shafts. Some aftermarket suspensions may have greasable joints, but not the factory Toyota suspension.

 

HAs anyone looked at their steering shaft to make sure it does not have a zerk? Also our tierod and steering linkage dont have any? I need to check mine.

 

Stop all this zerkin off and get back to work!

 

Rep for you sirr. Thanks for the pictures.

 

I grease my zerk all the time....