U joints and front end grease zerks ?

[Turbo Terry]

Gentleman being creeper impaired 71 and 2 new knees and a hip etc etc really sucks . New 2022 3500 is 4 months old and I can’t do a roll under inspection. Been doing this and watching for drips on the ground and pulling dip sticks my whole life. Now I’m just down to the top side and the dip stick. Not funny so are the u joints greasable and anything to grease on the front end. I got to know thanks

 

[Ozymandias]

No the grease joints went away twenty years ago with the arrival of the Gen3. So you dont need to get on the ground, all good.

 

[lpennock]

Once grease fitting is on a 4x4. That is the centering yoke of the Double Cardin joint on the front driveshaft. It is a reverse zerk rather than the normal zerk fitting so you need a pin adapter to grease it. There should be a tag under the hood saying it needs to be greased every 7500miles.

 

[Turbo Terry]

Nice to know thanks

 

[Rob S]

19’s and newer 4x4 have no fitting on the front driveshaft
They changed the design

 

[NIsaacs]

Once grease fitting is on a 4x4. That is the centering yoke of the Double Cardin joint on the front driveshaft.

That went away in '19. It is a boot covered cv joint now.

 

[lpennock]

Cool, about time. I stand corrected.

 

[Ozymandias]

Double post