I was told to grease my cv joints and to use a grease gun, but what grease should I use? Thanks guys

 

Ok sorry I went to my shop and worked on my truck and was told that there is no CV joints on my truck. So I went and greased all the grease inserts, but is this true? Does my truck have CV joints, thanks guys

 

Nope, no CV joints. They sure would be nice to have though, no binding in the front end when using 4x4.

Chris

 

Not sure which year but at some point a CV joint is used on one end of the front driveshaft. Non-servicable.

 

Ok thank you

 

I have not seen a 2nd gen that didn't have a CV at the transfer case end of the front driveshaft.....I thought they all did? The angle would be too much for a single joint to handle.

But, as Infidel mentioned, it is not servicable.

 

That joint on the transfercase is two u-joints together. Its not your typical car CV joint that you may be thinking of. I don't think they put it on there because of the angle, the angle on mine is very small almost straight. They must have put it on to reduce vibration or something?

 

Guys, CV's (double-cardan) can typically handle LESS angle than a single joint..

They are used when the pinion is meant to point right at the t-case output.

Single joint shafts are best when the t-case output and pinion are parallel.

1350 CV's are especially limited about angles. 23* max, if I remember right.

 

Well Eskimo, I disagree.......a double cardan CV u-joint assembly has a higher operating angle than single u-joint of the same size. Note, I said operating angle. While some single joints can travel farther without binding, they are typically far out of spec and will not last very long.......a single 1350 series joint was intended to run at 7* while 10* is considered the max operating limit but they can be run as high as 14* but at a noticably reduced service life. This pales in comparison to a 1350 CV that safely run at 23*. I do agree that you can only use a CV when the joint at the other end of the shaft has a 0* operating angle or another CV running at an equal angle to the first. FWIW, I have a 1350 CV on the rear shaft of my Jeep that has been clearanced to operate up to 28*.