grease fittings?
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grease fittings?
Just picked up a '98 standard cab, 4cyl, 5 spd. Had the used truck dude change the stabilizer bars on it, and said I wanted to lube the rest of the suspension myself to see how well the ball joints and such took the new grease. There are no grease fittings. This truck has 82 K miles on it and needs grease. Do I have to drill and tap fittings on these ball joints...or what?
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The ball joints are ostensibly "lubed for life" 
which is a description that has always made me a little uneasy.
I would be interested to hear how it works out if you decide to drill and tap fittings on the ball joints.
FWIW, I've heard of some people filling a syringe with grease and "injecting" the grease into the joint, but I've never tried that myself.
which is a description that has always made me a little uneasy. I would be interested to hear how it works out if you decide to drill and tap fittings on the ball joints.
FWIW, I've heard of some people filling a syringe with grease and "injecting" the grease into the joint, but I've never tried that myself.
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Thanks for the information Rockledge. Due to the lack of any kind of syringe I have what is called grease gun in a can, and also a can of white lithium grease in a preasurized can with a very small aplicator tube that pushes into the nozzle. I intend to slit the rubber sleeve, slightly of course, and see if it will put enough grease in there to have the desired effect. I'll also let you know how this works.
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My tie rod end needs lube too, I have my syringe filled but got hung up on another project tonight so I'll be giving it a try tomorrow. If you clean the boot with solvent silicone sealer will seal the hole.
My tie rod end needs lube too, I have my syringe filled but got hung up on another project tonight so I'll be giving it a try tomorrow. If you clean the boot with solvent silicone sealer will seal the hole.
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Originally Posted by Tomm
Thanks for the information Rockledge. Due to the lack of any kind of syringe I have what is called grease gun in a can, and also a can of white lithium grease in a preasurized can with a very small aplicator tube that pushes into the nozzle. I intend to slit the rubber sleeve, slightly of course, and see if it will put enough grease in there to have the desired effect. I'll also let you know how this works.
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