I recall monkeying with my grease fitting on the driver's side top. I'm not sure if I used another, smaller fitting I had laying around or what but I do remember grinding some metal off of the fitting so it would clear everything.

 

Oh well, I don't have any of those issues. The only thing that I still think is a little weird is, and I believe I sent you a text about it the other day, when I turn my truck one way, all the way to the passenger side for instance, the driver side of the truck seems to drop down a little bit. And the truck just stays leaning to one side until I straighten the wheel back. Maybe every time I looked I was on uneven ground but it seemed a little weird. Probably just me being " finicky" and trying to find something wrong....

Well, I will take yours and mostly everybody else's word and steer clear from the shop. I will set my toe in and let her rip for a little while. Hopefully the only shop work I need to have done is having some tires mounted and balanced later on. Unfortunately, the only good price to use tires I could get were for my smaller rims. So that's what I'm going to be bringing to the get together again. But it was either that or spend enough money that I wouldn't make this next get together. Small tires for a little while longer won't kill me I guess

 

I think that exaggerated lean may be because of the way your lift kit is designed?

You should be able to put 265 or 285’s on those wider wheels if you want.

 

​​​​​​All I could get quick so I could drive to work after ball joints were 245's. They are on the factory rims that I have.

 

I have grease fittings on the top ball joint. You have to turn the axle just right and then one of those sideways fitting grease gun attachments will slip in there and be able to lube the ball joint.
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All the tinkering, swapping, issues, and overcoming issues that has gone in with this front end and steering system. Tristan I am proud of your accomplishments.

However, I will stand in direct disagreement of everyone that says you should not have a qualified professional shop put it on a rack and check it all over. I do not believe I could disagree more wholeheartedly with anything else I have read in this forum.

This is the same manner thought that I follow when I complete a similar project for myself or others.

 

I will have to keep that in mind. I will have to put that grease fitting on mine then so that I can keep the maintenance up. That will be a good project for a weekend when I'm not doing anything if that ever happens....

 

Thank you for the compliments. I don't like to brag too much but, I am pretty proud of how far this truck has come since I got it. It is quite the difference. Anytime I tell somebody about it they are astounded. Like really!? You converted it to a four wheel drive?! HOW!!!?? And then I tell him I did it over the weekend. Mind is blown! And then I show the before and after pictures from when it was just a ragged old work truck to what it is now. It makes me feel good that's for sure.

Oh and, I forgot to tell everybody, somebody hit my bumper in the parking lot while I was in the store. Luckily it was just a bumper but I have a big messed up spot on my pretty paint job I did on the bumper. White paint and missing paint from the bumper. Luckily it was a cheap paint job with rattle cans so all I have to do is send that area down and repaint that spot and fade it out. Easy enough.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. Its always nice to have everybodys point of view and I appreciate it Maybe I will set my toe in myself and then take it to the shop and have it all checked up one day. That will show me just how good or bad I am at setting my own toe-in anyway

 

thanks for the advice. I'll keep that in mind!

 

I will definitely put one in the upper ball joint now that I know it will work. I thought I read somewhere that you can't keep up grease fitting on the top ball joint because it will hit the drive shaft. I don't recall where I read that. But now that I know different, I will for sure put one in there!

 

This is correct most of the time. Some people get lucky and the ears of the u-joint do not strike the grease nipple. My XRF ball joints came with a low-profile plug bolt for the hole. I remove that and screw the grease nipple in when I want to grease the ball joints, then put the plug bolt back in when I return the truck to service.

 

Mine came with the same plug. That is what I had read. You have to put the grease nipple in every time to grease the upper ball joint. I will just have to see how mine does. By the way, how often should you grease the ball joints?

 

At least annually. More frequently if the truck sees severe service (like fording rivers as you drive a straight line to Jason’s). Use a high-quality moly grease as recommended by XRF.

 

Luckily, the new adjustment collar fixed my problem. The tie rods are not bent thank goodness. On to the next thing in life LOL

 

Gotcha, thanks! I'll pick up some Moly Grease.
What brand do you like? To be honest I've never even heard of Moly grease I've always just used Lucas red-n-tacky. What is the difference between a Moly Grease and a lithium grease for instance?