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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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manual says lube front drive shaft fitting but NO Zerks??

title says it all.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 07:20 PM
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some trucks do not have the fittings. mine does not. I think I read that if it has the fittings it will have a tag on the radiator support.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DZLROKET
title says it all.

Its not zerk its a hard to find hole with lead in enough for a special type of grease needle that you can buy at most Pepboys type of stores.

The last time I did it I had to stick a Qtip in the grease opening to clean it out to get grease in there.
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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Its actually called a "high pressure" zerk fitting...... youre normal zerks are "low pressure".
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:21 PM
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Finally got mine done today. What a pain. I put several squirts in and hope it is enough for now. I got the needle at NAPA. That fitting is hard to find for sure.
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Old Jul 13, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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68k and I never lubed mine. I suppose I better.
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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Well The mechanic and I went over the U joint with a magnafying glass and there IS no fitting of any kind!!! It must vary from truck to truck even in the same year same model....
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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Mine does not have one. Friend who bought the identical truck as mine but one month earlier has one. Go figure!
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 06:06 PM
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I looked all over for mine ,and could never find it. I even had the shaft on the bench when I did my clutch still no luck. Oh well I'll just wait till it pops and get after markets with zerks you can find.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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Same here. Looked all over several different times and still no luck finding one on my truck.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 11:18 AM
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I looked for mine several times and could not find it. It is not "hard to see," it is unbelievablely hard to see. I finally found it with the help of the pictures on this site and by jacking up one front wheel and slowly rotaing the shaft until I finally spotted it inside the U-Joint at the transfer case end of the front driveshaft. I first tried to grease it with the lube fitting that has a cone shaped end and managed to shoot grease all over the U-Joint, but very little went into the hole. I then got a lube fitting that looks like a hypodermic needle and it works like a champ (grease goes in the hole with none on the outside). You do have to be carful as the hypo type grease fitting is a little fragile. I believe the hypo grease fittings are make for putting grease into sealed lubbed joints through the rubber covers. Don't give up, you'll find it eventually.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 11:26 AM
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You will find it if you swab the areas (with a small paint brush saturated with some sort of cleaner) where you absolutely know there is no way it could be there ---- until it's little shiney round dish shows up. Then you will say, I guess they must all have them.

I was convinced that mine was nonexistant also, until I saw the picture of it covered with dirt. Once you clean it, you will see it.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Leaky Gasket
You will find it if you swab the areas (with a small paint brush saturated with some sort of cleaner) where you absolutely know there is no way it could be there ---- until it's little shiney round dish shows up. Then you will say, I guess they must all have them.

I was convinced that mine was nonexistant also, until I saw the picture of it covered with dirt. Once you clean it, you will see it.
X2 on this one
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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Still haven't found it... 31K miles.
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