I am thinking about greasing my chassis soon...I wanted to know what type of Grease to use and basically how to do it and where to look for the grease points? How often do i need to do this etc?

 

I dont know all of the locations, but just one word of advice, buy a grease gun w/flexible tube.

I think there is one on each of the steering linkage parts and each of the upper and lower ball joints.

 

I have the E50, and don't have fittings in the ball joints. Bad idea, I think!
Usually a good brand lithium works good, don't mix lithium with the other types. Some don't get along with each other. Grease it when you do an oil change. Don't overload the rubber on the joint or they'll pop.
Some have a fitting on the U joint. If you have the fitting, you should grease it once in a while. They sell a small grease gun just for the U joint.

Anybody else have those ball joints with no fittings? If so what do you do...use a needle greaser, or wait for self destruction?

 

Every factory ball joint I've seen had no fittings. Supposedly they're "lubed for life". I guess that idea did work somewhat though; I've got 150,000 on mine and they're still tight.

 

Maybe it's a different animal since my truck is 4X4, but the original ball joints did not have grease fittings. I just replaced the ball joints on the drivers side. The replacements have grease fittings. The same applies towards the universal joints for the driveline for the rear axle. The originals did not have grease fittings, but when I replaced them I made sure the new ones had the fittings.

I've used needles on the grease gun before. They work but not well. It is difficult to get the grease into the correct location. It tends to just leak out of the boot right at the needle and doesn't get pushed around the ball joint. If you hit several locations around the ball joint, you will do a better job. Also, it takes about 3 hands to do the job, because the needle tends to rotate in the end of the gun. Although I've always tried to slip the needle under the boot rather than puncturing the boot.

If you have to replace the ball joints, make sure they have grease fittings before you walk out of the store.