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I have never myself before performed a grease job on my truck and was wondering if someone could give me some help. I have a 69 half ton f100 with a 3 on the tree. Is there a diagram that I could get off the internet somewhere that would tell me exactly where all the grease points are? Is there a specific type of grease I should use? Where do you grease the transmission at?
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brad
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brad
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Brad,
Get a grease gun (ideally one with a flexible hose) and load it with your favoite brand of grease. I usually just use whatever grease is for sale at the store, so I'm not picky about that type of grease.
With grease gun firmly in hand, roll under the front of your truck.
There are six (or so) grease zerks on the front end you should hit
(I try to grease them everytime I change my oil). The first four are the kingpins. Look at the bottom of your front brake drums. You will see where the brake spindles attach to the I-beams (this is the bottom of the kingpin). There should be a grease zerk here (it might be hard to get the gun nozzle on, unless you have a 90 degree zerk, or a flexible hose on your gun). Hit the kingpins on both sides.
Now, look at the top of the kingpin. There is a zerk here too (grease it, both sides). As a word of caution, if you get lazy and don't grease your kingpins, you will be replacing them (after your truck becomes hard to steer, and then after it decides to continue turning when you are on the highway and want to drive straight). Kingpin replacement is often a horrible horrible job (and expensive if you pay someone to do it for you).
Still have that grease gun handy? Still under the front end, hit the 2 (or so) zerks on the steering linkage (at the ball joints, on the
center link-thing. It looks like a rod running across your truck.
Now, roll under your truck, about amid-ship. Look for zerks on all
your driveshaft u-joints. Some U joints don't have zerks, but some do, and you might have to spin the driveshaft to find them. If you have a mid-ship bearing (i.e., a two-piece drive shaft), look for a zerk on the slip-spline fitting where one drive shaft connects to the other.
Your transmission takes either gear oil (for most manual trannys) or
automatic tranny fluid (for automatics). DO NOT grease your transmission.
Have fun under your truck.
Ohio Bill
Get a grease gun (ideally one with a flexible hose) and load it with your favoite brand of grease. I usually just use whatever grease is for sale at the store, so I'm not picky about that type of grease.
With grease gun firmly in hand, roll under the front of your truck.
There are six (or so) grease zerks on the front end you should hit
(I try to grease them everytime I change my oil). The first four are the kingpins. Look at the bottom of your front brake drums. You will see where the brake spindles attach to the I-beams (this is the bottom of the kingpin). There should be a grease zerk here (it might be hard to get the gun nozzle on, unless you have a 90 degree zerk, or a flexible hose on your gun). Hit the kingpins on both sides.
Now, look at the top of the kingpin. There is a zerk here too (grease it, both sides). As a word of caution, if you get lazy and don't grease your kingpins, you will be replacing them (after your truck becomes hard to steer, and then after it decides to continue turning when you are on the highway and want to drive straight). Kingpin replacement is often a horrible horrible job (and expensive if you pay someone to do it for you).
Still have that grease gun handy? Still under the front end, hit the 2 (or so) zerks on the steering linkage (at the ball joints, on the
center link-thing. It looks like a rod running across your truck.
Now, roll under your truck, about amid-ship. Look for zerks on all
your driveshaft u-joints. Some U joints don't have zerks, but some do, and you might have to spin the driveshaft to find them. If you have a mid-ship bearing (i.e., a two-piece drive shaft), look for a zerk on the slip-spline fitting where one drive shaft connects to the other.
Your transmission takes either gear oil (for most manual trannys) or
automatic tranny fluid (for automatics). DO NOT grease your transmission.
Have fun under your truck.
Ohio Bill
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Brad, if I could add to what Bill said, One full pump on the handle is about all needed when servicing the fittings. 
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