Unexpected letdown for 2017 - Bye bye zerks!!!!

Holy shit man... MY bad... ....

Damn...you got a Red Line GL-5, then you are one mean greasing machine... you absolutely know what you are talking about... I've only got a ..."don't know what"...grease gun, but is does squirt out grease.... Just like yours..

I guess Toyota was pissed off at us guys wanting our zerks greased so they said.... "screw them, we won't put any on, then we don't gotta grease 'em".... They saved at least $0.12 per vehicle for 3 zerks and $0.25 for grease....

 

Haven't heard of any failures. How about a link to these?????????

 

My 16 4x4 OR only has 2 zerks.. The back 3 are sealed and non serviceable. Mine was made mid July right before the 17's started rolling out so I'd assume the 17's only have 2 as well.

 

Why would Toyota do that? Some zerks are tricky to find. You gotta feel around and find that nipple.

 

Supplier shortage, standardization of parts, cut assembly costs, there are quite a few possibilities.

 

End message board whining saying they are dry.

 

No idea why, I used the pics from the "grease your zerks" thread and definatly didn't have any on the rear drive shaft. I looked twice to make sure lol. My rear joints had different color seals than the zerk fitted ones as well. Definatly different.

BTW, The front 2 where dry!

 

I'm not sure if 4x4 came with zerks because 4x4 are more likely to drive thru water & mud. The sealed U-joint probably has moly grease and I know moly grease absorb water. I think litium grease for the zerks don't absorb water. Do not put moly grease in your zerks!

 

I've had 3 tacomas and the u joints always failed eventually.

 

This. My 2x4 doesn't have zerks that I can service.

 

Might want to double check, my Mid may build had all the zerks same as 2nd gen. Find it hard to believe that changed.

 

Yep, would rather have the zerks there than not. Glad I got a earlier version. Sucks for those that didn't, have fun replacing those at 60-80k.

 

This is the first I've head of any failures. Mileage? Lift? Any details?

 

Usually about 110-140k they require replacement due to failure.

 

I've had several with that or more but no failures.

 

Agreed. I have them in. June '16 build.
Would be funny if they started putting them in again.

 

If you put bigger heavier tires/wheels without regearing and drive like a badass. Those u-joint fail sooner.

 

Jacked up, big meats, hard in the paint

 

Add in off-roading, driving through water, and mud. I had one fail at 80k. Replaced them all in a few hours.