I do my own maintenance too and let me tell you this lubrication point is often hard to find even after doing it several times. Don't know when it came into existence but my truck has a sticker under the hood saying to lubricate it every 7,500 miles.

 

I'll second the needle. I tried it when my truck was new, and thought it did not work, so I've been struggling with the tapered type since then. Last week, I gave the needle another try, this time without it being attached to the grease gun just to see if it would actually fit into the hole. Much to my amazement and satisfaction, it did! I then attached the needle to the grease gun and carefully inserted it into the hole and now I know for sure I got grease into the double cardan joint, after 65K miles.

For those of you who have not found the fitting yet, you'll need a flashlight and a rag to clean it off, because it is shiny as shown in the pic. Good luck.

 

Well, after everyone's help here, a bright flashlight and a Q-tip, I FOUND IT!!!!!!
Now the next hurdle...Getting grease in there....Off to Napa.

 

This is what you need.

 

AIK,

You got me good with those two pictures. I will not admit how long I looked at that empty package picture trying to see the needle before I saw there was another picture that followed.

 

Good know..........I bought a grease fitting kit, that came with 12 various parts, including 2 needle fittings.

I am going to grease everything when installing the lift.

Other than the front driveshaft, where are all the grease fitting locations on my truck?

 

I just discussed this very thing with two different dealers last week. Both dealerships said they do hundreds of trucks a week and have never greased any of them in the spot I was talking about (makes a guy wonder about a statement like that). I have looked and looked on my truck and it is not there. I looked in the same place as the pictures on this thread. I scrapped the area with my pocket knife, I jacked up the front tire, rotated the front drive shaft I am sure it is not there. My owners manual does say it is there and it should be greased. Well after 35K miles and 2.5 years mine has not been greased. Not sure of the sticker everyone is talking about, so I don't know if i have it or not.

 

The sticker should be under the hood up by the radiator. There are lots of people who have looked hard without finding the lube hole (like your dealership) and sworn that it wasn't there, only to eventrully find it. It is really difficult to see. Don't give up.

 

I was also convinced that it wasn't there. Believe me it's there. After numerous attempts and about 45,000 miles I was determined to find it. Jack up the corner, print out a picture of it and take that and a flashlight under the truck and you will find it. That thing is so hard to see it took me a while the 2nd time to find it again!

Mike

 

i am still looking for mine, i hate that forking thing

 

My dealer to said it was not there (FYI all 2006 and up trucks have it) but after I raised heck up on the hoist my truck went, then Me the SM and 1 mechanic had a pow wow and then they in turn had a schooling under my truck to teach the lube guys how to find and grease it. IIRC it needs to be greased once a year or every 7500 miles.

 

I've had no problems finding it. I just cannot get the needle to go in. I have bent or broke 4 needles in last year. Just did an oil change and lube yesterday and could not talk myself into buying another needle just yet. Maybe this weekend.

 

I think the only reason that the fitting is there is so they can deny warranty on grounds that it wasn't lubed properly. The difficult spot that the fitting is in had to be done on purpose.Nobody could make it that hard to reach on accident!
I've broken a few needles trying to grease it as well. I still don't know if I've ever really gotten any grease in there.

 

Flush type fittings are used when they are afraid of the zerk getting broken from severe articulation or pivoting and when you just can't get a typical grease nipple in a tight space. I grease some equipment that SHOULD have flush types on them and don't. You can't get the nipple of the grease hose into the area between the cardan, or in some cases, the joint crosses. I personally take the drive shaft completely out of the truck and grease it. Rolling the joint as I grease it. I clean all the excess off real good and put it back in. I had to buy one of these shafts for my 96 V10 truck. (6" skyjacker lift blew it up.) It cost $500.00. and at the time HAD to be bought at Dodge. I take care of this one on my '06. I can take the bolts out, grease it, clean it, and put it back in faster than I can jack the truck up and fight it the old way. Plus it's getting greased better by rolling it lock to lock as I'm greasing it.

 

Well, I have a question. Are you suppose to drill out that little shiny nubbin in there? I don't think there is a hole in the middle of it. Looks just like the previous post. I may have to rotate the shaft and see what else is there.
All I ended up doing was bending the tip of the needle(from NAPA) and getting grease all over the place.
I hope all the 'grease' works its way in there

I don't know, but I think I messed up.
thanks
Biscuit