4X4 Front Drive shaft grease fittings

coyote45 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 09:36 PM

Has anyone tried to grease their front drive shaft. The grease fitting on the u-joint closest to the transfer case is blocked by a frame cross member.

. I hope there is " no disassembly" solution to this. Any help would be great. Thanks, Mike

willy · #2 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by coyote45

Has anyone tried to grease their front drive shaft. The grease fitting on the u-joint closest to the transfer case is blocked by a frame cross member.

. I hope there is " no disassembly" solution to this. Any help would be great. Thanks, Mike

There's a greese fitting made for tight places. Instead of fitting over the zerk, like a conventional one does, this one is pointed and you hold it up to (and push up against) the ball/hole on the zerk fitting on the driveshaft. You'll need a one-handed greese gun if you're alone.

mxsjw · #3 (**permalink**) 11-29-2007, 10:06 PM

Ya need this...Grainger Industrial Supply

jkd · #4 (**permalink**) 11-30-2007, 12:43 PM

Get a flex hose for your grease gun, Napa stocks them. You can also replace the zerk fitting with a 45 or 90 degree one.

TUNDRA786 · #5 (**permalink**) 11-30-2007, 12:56 PM

im so lost....

TUNDRA786 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-30-2007, 12:57 PM

TUNDRA786 <-- doesnt know sh** about greasin the front drive shaft.

JBon55 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 11:32 AM

I was able to grease everything with a standard flexible hose on a small grease gun. You may have to turn the front drive shaft a bit by hand to get at em. I was surprised to see only Five Fittings total - front and rear drive shafts. I was used to seeing 8 or so like on the older models. Good luck.
Is there only five fittings total?????

RONE · #8 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 01:30 PM

Does anyone have a picture/diagram of all the grease points handy that they would like to share?

mhadden · #9 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 05:26 PM

You're right about the front driveshaft zerks being a bitch to get at...I struggled for a couple minutes to get the fitting on and grease it, but then couldn't get the damn thing off! I used a flathead screwdriver to get the fitting off...I'm not looking forward to doing that again in 10k miles.

Rone, you can see the pics Dana shot here. There is a pdf somewhere on the forums, but I don't know how that search button is functioning after the move.

joebobz · #10 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 05:30 PM

how often should you do this? is there a certain mialige amount or after it gets really wet or muddy?

Dana_15 · #11 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 06:02 PM

^^^^I usually do mine when I change the oil, I'm sure thats overkill but it only takes a couple of minutes.

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Rone, you can see the pics Dana shot here.

Nice pics

HOGWILD · #12 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 06:14 PM

I do all 8 fittings every oil change but NM is a severe condition state due to sand dust and volcanic rock they use for roads here! I was told by Toyota that i could use Moly Lithium on all and to not use Lithium on all. Saves having 2 guns and 2 greases for no reason! looking for 07 PDF

RONE · #13 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mhadden

Rone, you can see the pics Dana shot here. There is a pdf somewhere on the forums, but I don't know how that search button is functioning after the move.

Thanks mate. I pick up my Tundra tomorrow, and I want to have all the info organized and ready ahead of time.

mhadden · #14 (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 06:56 PM

Found them

sspatel407 · #15 (**permalink**) 07-23-2008, 03:38 PM

I have a 2007 2wd tundra do i have to regrease the shafts too?