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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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Question Front Driveshaft Lube Question...

OK...I found the lube point on the front driveshaft, I purchased a needle attachment for my air-powered grease gun, and I pumped about 10 shots of grease into the thing. No grease escaped anywhere around the U-joint.

So how do I know when I've put enough grease into it?
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Bookmaker
OK...I found the lube point on the front driveshaft, I purchased a needle attachment for my air-powered grease gun

So how do I know when I've put enough grease into it?
When it squirts out of the front diff vent!

Just kidding - I'm jealous that you found yours...
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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I did mine last weekend, I think that I got 6 or 7 shots into it. I noticed that the grease starts to come out on the other side of that collar that youre shooting grease into once its full.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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I wondered the same thing put about 4 skirts in and went to go check it two days later and it had flung the excess onto the bottome side of the truck. I guess that was a sighn LOL.

I found that the grease point is easy to locate by looking at the getnal or and there is a # pressed in it the #8 I just move the truck till its on the passenger side look int the drive shaft and there it is.

-chris
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