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Sep 9, 2008 | 12:29 PM

woody367

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ball joint grease fitting

Has anyone been able to install the grease fitting in the upper ball joint of a F250 4x4 without the axle shaft snapping it off? Its a pain to take out the plug and put in a fitting just to greasre and then take it back out.

Sep 9, 2008 | 12:53 PM

superduty4x4

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Mine's been in there a few months, so far so good but I have heard of them snapping off. The one I have is a 90* fitting and just barely clears.

Sep 9, 2008 | 01:10 PM

barnbridge

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I just had ball joints replaced at the dealer. The new upper ball joints have grease fittings already in them. It does look tight in there but so far they haven't broken off. How often should I grease them?

Sep 9, 2008 | 01:57 PM

skoveng

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The same as Superduty4x4; just replace mine two weeks ago. I used a 90deg on the upper and it just clears; maybe 3/32. Close. I pointed it towards the rear.

Sep 9, 2008 | 02:41 PM

woody367

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Thank guys, I will try putting them in and see if I can screw them in enough to clea.

Sep 9, 2008 | 03:42 PM

350z

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I did mine in march of 04 , still good !

Sep 9, 2008 | 04:16 PM

ironmine

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My NAPA ball joint came with both a grease fitting, and a plug fitting. I guess the idea was to switch fittings when you wanted to grease it.

I bought a 90* fitting, and put it to the bench grinder for a second. Works fine.