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
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.
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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?????
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2007 Toyota Tundra Crewmax 5.7L -
White w / Red Rock Interior
ADDITIONS:
Volant CAI
Extang Trifecta Sinature Series Tonneau
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.
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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, 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.