Are there grease fittings on a 2006 CTD 4x4 ???

[Bernie]

I have a 2006 CTD HO, 4x4, 6 speed manual. When I did my first oil change, I bought a new grease gun to grease the front drive shaft fitting per the manual and the sticker under the hood reminding me to grease the fitting at each oil change.



But, I can't find the F!@#$% fitting! I found a small recess in the u-joint assembly, but it looks more like something used in the assembly process than a grease fitting. I would need a syringe to grease in to it.



I asked my dealer, and they said there were no grease fittings on my truck (and that the manual was wrong). The more I think about that the more it bothers me, because both the book and the under hood sticker tell me there is. If they had a change in production, I could understand the book being wrong, but I figure they wouldn't put the sticker there if there wasn't something to grease.



Are there fittings on my truck? Is the front drive shaft missing a fitting it should have. I forgot to look, but are there fitting anywhere else (tie rods are the only other thing that comes to mind)?



Thanks!!!

 

[JordanB]

There are normal zerk fittings for the tie rods but you'll need to make a little adaptor for the front drive shaft. Use this link:



https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167000



The 45* adaptor works great but I had a problem - no helper to hold my light as I tried to use two hands to grease the damn thing. A one-handed grease gun might work better as opposed to the flexible hose. I'm still not entirely sure I got mine greased properly but I know I got a couple pumps in there.

 

[Bernie]

I just spent 45 minutes looking. There is no fitting. This fitting is some kind of snipe hunt that dodge sends us on by putting a sticker under our hood for a fitting that doesn't exist.



Does anybody know if they went to a sealed design for the (late) 2006 models?



Thanks

 

[ScottLewis]

Keep looking. The fitting is very hard to see. Raise one front wheel and rotate slowly to turn the shaft while looking. It's nothing more than a small spring loaded disk in a slightly recessed area, actually between the 2 u-joints on the Cardan joint. A good light and an idea of what to look for makes it easier. 2 shots of grease should be more than enough. The newest TDR mag. has pictures and direction (page 45).



The dealer was wrong about not having grease fittings, not the first time that happened.





Dan

 

[ScottLewis]

p. s.

Some of the lube needles do in fact look like a syringe needle.



Dan

 

[BDW]

They are what we in the Aviation refer to as Hi- pressure fittings. Or, at least that is what you guys have been describing. One person can actually grease one of these by using a Head Light and either a pnuematic or cordless grease gun. Oh what joy it brings to know that the Automotive industry is making things harder just like the Aviation world... ... ...

 

[BSwope]

BDW welcome to TDR!

 

[BSwope]

And ive looked to and couldnt find this thing ether!

 

[robmints]

I know nothing.



The way it has been explained to me is there is what the guy called a CV joint between the two u jounts. You are lubing the CV joint not the u joint. The thread JordanB linked to is about as clear as you are going to get. RankRam's picture looks like it shows you are looking for the little hole but it is not really in either u joint but in a coupling type dodad between the two u jounts.



I think of a CV joint as something in FWD car that does the same thing as u joint but seems like it would be smoother. As I remember from the days when you used to grease them, before the Mexicans and Chineese made them so cheap we just swap them and throw them out when they clunk on turns, they took special CV grease.



Does this gizmo we are greaseing in our CTD's have balls and all?



Was I told wrong info?

 

[RankRam]

Here is the pic again, happy hunting!



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[mwhals]

I just pay my dealer $5 to lube it. Glad we have a good dealer who knows that the 2006 4x4 has grease fittings and they know where all of them are located.

 

[Bernie]

KRaise one front wheel and rotate slowly to turn the shaft while looking. n

I did. No fitting. I used a large shop light. I used an inspection mirror to peak around where I couldn't see.



I haven't got my new TDR yet. I'll double check my truck when it comes in but I have my doubts.



Thanks.

 

[ohnoitsyu]

All these trucks have the fitting - 4x4, anyway. If you start looking knowing the fitting is there, you'll eventually find it. If you're one who gives up easily... sorry. It's there. If you don't find it, keep looking.



It's not a normal nipple, by the way. It looks like a hole with a rubber plug with an even smaller hole in it for the needle.

 

[skipro3]

I just pay my dealer $5 to lube it. Glad we have a good dealer who knows that the 2006 4x4 has grease fittings and they know where all of them are located.

Don't be so sure. You pay your dealer $5, I'm sure. Just be sure he's really greasing it. From the sounds of it, even if one tech in the shop knows where to look and isn't so lazy as to shine it on, there's no guarantee that the tech who picks up your work order knows where to look and will actually take the time to lube it.



I think you need to find your fitting and mark it first with a tattle-tale of some sort before taking it in to be lubed. When you get it back from the shop, check to see that they tripped your TT and did put grease in. Hmmmm..... I wonder if they put enough grease in or even the right type of grease. In my book the only way to know for sure is to GIT-ER-DONE!!

 

[mwhals]

Don't be so sure. You pay your dealer $5, I'm sure. Just be sure he's really greasing it. From the sounds of it, even if one tech in the shop knows where to look and isn't so lazy as to shine it on, there's no guarantee that the tech who picks up your work order knows where to look and will actually take the time to lube it.



I think you need to find your fitting and mark it first with a tattle-tale of some sort before taking it in to be lubed. When you get it back from the shop, check to see that they tripped your TT and did put grease in. Hmmmm..... I wonder if they put enough grease in or even the right type of grease. In my book the only way to know for sure is to GIT-ER-DONE!!

Actually they do a great job and are a 5 star service dealer. I get a receipt showing I paid them for the grease job. If they don't do it and something breaks down, I have receipts to prove that they greased in case DC ever says it is my fault.

 

[PVasilauskis]

Ok, just spent over an hour crawling around, moving the truck back and forth a foot or so at a time, cleaning off the u-joints in search of this elusive hole to grease my front axle and I'm not sure I have it right. Attached is an image out of the shop manual with my attempt to add some text with an arrow pointing to what I think is the hole. Now is it in the center of part #1 where the "<- Here?" points to?



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Sure would have been nice for them to show you either in the owners or shop manual where all the required lube joints are. :{

 

[PVasilauskis]

Oh, and I only found one zerk fitting at the end of each tie rod end (total two) is there more to grease?

 

[RRees]

There is one on my front driveshaft on the t-case end (cv joint). I too almost gave up looking for it.



Next time, I am going to disconnect the flange from the t-case yoke, as a previous poster said on another thread similar to this. I'll try it that way, if I don't like it, then I can revert back to the "can I find it again" method.



Maybe I can convince my wife that I need to put a lift in my garage.

 

[Prairie Dog]

Oh, and I only found one zerk fitting at the end of each tie rod end (total two) is there more to grease?

Thats correct, only the outside tie rods have a fitting for some reason.

Also, the earliest third gens dont have the greasealbe front u-joints.

I dont know when they started but if you dont have the sticker under the hood than you cant grease them.

 

[ARoberts]

What does CTD mean?