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I can't find ANY grease zirks on the tie rods.

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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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I can't find ANY grease zirks on the tie rods.

First- I have a two wheel drive. I read the manual- no info is a concern to me. Are there supposed to be grease zirks on the tie rod ends? I would like to grease them. While I'm asking how about the u-joints? No zirks there either. If you have them on tie rods, please send me a picture of yours, I have been over every part and can't find anything to grease.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 08:36 PM
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Haven't looked at the 03, but there's only 2 on the 2nd gens...
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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Mine only has two, on the bottom of the outer tie rod ends.

They aren't hidden or anything. If you still want a photo, let me know.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 09:27 PM
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Don't worry, like you said, you have the 2 wheel drive. The grease fittings are only on the 4X4's
Your front end is completely different
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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The zirk guy was sick the day your truck was built . No joking though, I believe you should have one on each outer tie rob end like everyone else??...maybe.
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Old Feb 7, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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that was what I was worried about that the zirk guy was gone and the truck was built on a zirkless day. I am happy to hear mine may not have them, can I hear from another 2x guy that has checked into it too?

Monte
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 06:18 AM
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As mentioned above, only the 4 X 4 will have the grease zerks. You can stop looking.
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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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My truck is ZERKLESS too. Oh the shame. I will make sure that replacement tie rods have ZERK though. Does anyone use the grease needle injector trick for the ball joints? Or has anyone found a way to install Zerks in them?

Casey
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