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First Front Axle Maintenance: 2012 2500 CC 4WD Short Bed

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2012 2500 4WD CC Short Bed Oil Change Procedure

Hello all. New 1st gen owner here w/ Q's.

I am now at 7,200 miles with my new truck - and first diesel truck.



I have changed the oil twice now - both at roughly 3,000 miles.



I am getting the oil change required soon message on the EVIC. I think this is because I am coming up on 7,500 miles, not because the oil requires changing (I use the truck pretty much only on the highway - driving or towing my travel trailer). I have found in other places on the forum that if I turn the key to the on position, depress the accelerator pedal completely three times, and turn the key to the off position within ten seconds I will reset the EVIC message. Is this correct?



I see I am now coming up on a front axle lubrication. Is there something unique about this maintenance step - I assume it is simply greasing; so take the grease gun, search diligently for every grease zerk in sight, and grease away. Is there something more to this maintenance than this?



Thank you!
 
The ujoint on the front driveshaft is the only place lube is required. Good luck getting to that.

As far as oil changes, the EVIC controller considers driving style etc and then lights up for an oil change. My latest is nearly 9K miles between changes per the EVIC the first was about 3K. We have nearly 30K on the truck now. I am going to ask the dealer about the mileage between oil changes when I take it in next week for the oil change. Unfortunately, my ability to talk to a real cummins expert is at best limited.
 
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