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What I read.......I'm no mechanic
Non grease able are stronger.....keep out the elements better..more $$$
Zerk grease fittings not as strong...drilled out for the grease to channel into the bearings..less $$
My ole '02 Chevy....sealed U joints.....20 YO not a minutes worth of trouble or noise
Thoughts ??????
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down. The factory non greaseable joints in your car last a long time because of perfect alignment.
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I like to be able to grease mine
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down. The factory non greaseable joints in your car last a long time because of perfect alignment.
^^^^^This^^^^^ New trucks pretty much have sealed units, when you replace them ask for real universal joints with zerk fittings.
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down. The factory non greaseable joints in your car last a long time because of perfect alignment.
Do the shops not do perfect alignment ?
Tikka asked a question I’ve wondered about for awhile.
Fingers crossed the guys doing the oil change hit all the zerks….
Wish there was an emoji beside a name so a guy knew he was on ignore lol
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down. The factory non greaseable joints in your car last a long time because of perfect alignment.
so they built my '02 Chebby correctly eh ?
sure wish'd it got 24 mpg though (got 285's on 'em now)
tell Sam I ran outta tire shine fur this pic
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down. The factory non greaseable joints in your car last a long time because of perfect alignment.
Do the shops not do perfect alignment ?
Tikka asked a question I’ve wondered about for awhile.
Fingers crossed the guys doing the oil change hit all the zerks….
Not really.
Not unless they chuck em up and spin and balance them.
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I suppose it depends on if you’re actually going to grease them.
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Toyoda... requires NLG1 # 2 for you tech guys over......
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I suppose it depends on if you’re actually going to grease them.
LMFAO
good answer..........
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OK.........
My '18 Kawi Teryx 4x4 SxS
no zerks........
run the schidt ouuta it in the desert
amongst the BFR's
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I've often wondered that also. I've seen sealed u-joints that literally decades old.
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I've often wondered that also. I've seen sealed u-joints that literally decades old.
watch the vid ?
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No one asked ? >>>>>>>>>>BFR ?<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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No one asked ? >>>>>>>>>>BFR ?<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Utah has many BFR's
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down. The factory non greaseable joints in your car last a long time because of perfect alignment.
That makes perfect sense cuzzin'.
And is why we grease the U-joints on various PTO drive shafts every 20-50-500 hours-etc. depending....
Can't remember the last time I gave my F350 a shot of grease anywhere... Probably why the front end is getting wonked out...
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No one asked ? >>>>>>>>>>BFR ?<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Utah has many BFR's
technical term in geology/geomorphology/hydraulics/sediment transport
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Greaseable for replacement joints. Hands down.
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That Chevy is begging for a (short)Hydrabed. Just sayin'...
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tikkanut; Good afternoon to you sir, I hope the weekend has been a good one for you and you're well. Thanks for the interesting thread and thanks to those who've responded. When I was chatting about this to the mechanic I take our '03 Dodge to for stuff I don't want to mangle myself, he said he's now gone entirely to sealed UJoints because he's found they last longer. The other thing he mentioned was that most people have good intentions when installing greaseable ones - myself among those folks with the best intentions of course - but that in reality they/I didn't grease them often enough. He agreed with your video chap too in that they don't seal good enough in slush and salt winter conditions, but the sealed ones he gets do. For the life of me I can't recall which brand he prefers, but they weren't inexpensive for sure. That said, his shop rates aren't free either, so as he says it's cheaper to put in better parts and have my rig up on his hoist less..... He's a painfully honest man, my mechanic... All the best in the upcoming week tikkanut. Dwayne
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