I was changing my oil today using motorcraft oil of course. Well i noticed while under my truck that there were no greasings around my axle and ball joints in front of my truck nor my back rear is this normal for the F150? My old man has a chevy and his truck has small resorviors around the axle and joints too keep them lubricated, why does'nt the F150 have this feature?? Or does it?

 

The f-150 has no grease fittings all the parts are greased for their service life.

 

What he didn't tell you was that "service life" means whenever the thing runs out of grease and has to be replaced.....lol

Nah...supposedly these "sealed units" are pretty good. I know some people here have had trouble with balljoints, but I don't think it's that common.

I'm more concerned about the oil filter being 1/4 inch from the lower radiator hose...afraid of nicking it with the filter wrench!

 

So yall saying the f150 is already greased for life? Where inside? Confused...?
Or do you mean i have to grease them myself?
Ya that radiator hose is pretty close, suxs i got burned when changing my oil...i was running it around for a while, i knew i should of changed it when i woke up...anyways...im confused about the greasing please explain?!

 

The various factorys have gone back on forth on greasable chassis parts over the years, starting way back in the 60's.

Two schools of thought -

#1 That you should provide fittings to regulary grease the joints. You have to provide some kind of vent or else you risk rupturing the boot if you should over grease, and this vent, can be a source of contamination. There is also the need to have the average owner keep up on maint, which sometimes is lacking.

#2 That if you provide a grease fitting, then the person greasing thru the fitting had better take the time to wipe of the dirt from the grease fitting before attempting to grease, otherwise a small amount of dirt and grit wil be injected into the joint along with the fresh grease. So in this senario, there is a benifit for not greasing the joint and having it sealed. A second benifit of a non sevicable / non greasable joint is that you can do away with the little vent, and therby provide a better overall seal.

So two ways of approacing the same issue. If owners not only maintained properly, and also knew how or dealt with shops who knew how to maintain properly, then option #1 seems better to me. If you are dealing with the average uninformed person / less than stellar shop, then option #2 could be better.

So bottom line is that you have to go with what Ford decided to do on your paticular truck. Sometimes you can add a grease fitting, but lately it seems that is not even a option. Sealed is sealed.

David

 

Thanks for the advice...!