hleapha

Is there a map of the grease points for our TL's? I couldn't find any references when searching here.

paperboy42190

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Grease whereever you hear creaks lol if it aint broke dont fix it

hleapha

I'm talking about grease fittings. Are there any? I haven't looked too hard.

Will Y.

WTH is a "grease fitting?"

VQPower37

?? ... i would like to know as well

hleapha

This is what a grease fitting looks like. Greasing isn't just smearing grease in places, a lot of moving parts on machinery have fittings that you hook a grease gun to and pump full. I would find it hard to believe if vehicles didn't have them.

paperboy42190

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well dont believe it then. i think you're probably used to old cars, not modern cars.

SpiderX1016

Haven't seen any Zerk fittings... Usually non-serviceable.

Will Y.

Maybe because there aren't any-- you won't find any mentioned in the owner's manual either.
Oooh, I vaguely remember using a grease gun to push grease into ball joints in ancient domestic cars back in the '70s...

I think we've gotten more than a decade beyond grease/Zerk fittings on regular street cars now.

Tehvine

GM's still use them.

paperboy42190

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thats why acuras are superior

hleapha

They must not have any. I have done maintenance on tractors and older trucks and thats what got me thinking. If they stopped putting them on cars then it's b/c car makers realize that 95% of passanger car drivers would be ignorant and neglect them so they had to design around it with "seal for life" joints. I could see an ideal situation where the grease could stay in the joints for the life of the vehicle, but at 250k miles, not likely.

It would just be nice to pump these joints full of a good grease for peace of mind.

Anyway, I got the information I needed... NO ZERK FITTINGS ON A TL. Thanks!

VQPower37

haha ... def true

borrowman

My '04 Suburban has 11 zerk fittings for the front suspension, my TL has zero.

LoveMyTL-S

Nope, none on the TL-S, I looked for those things too..........

08WDPTL

Toyota still uses grease fittings. I have plenty on my 07 4Runner.

Will Y.

Perhaps grease fittings are still used on body-on-frame SUVs and trucks, but not on unibody cars & minivans?

rockstar143

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Hmmm...is this was places like Jiffy Lube based their original services on?
Interesting!

Turbonut

iTrader: (1)

Just another way for the manufacturer to save money on production costs. Most aftermarket parts have the zerk fitting, end links, sway bar bushings, ball joints, tire rod ends, etc.

chayos00

Ditto on my 08 Runner, all on the driveshaft. i pump mine every oil change, no more driveshaft clunk.

csmeance

Most heavy duty vehicles (such as ones that are used commerically) that will be towing a LOT of stuff or are meant to go "muddin" will have these points on them. This is what most dealers say when they will "lube the body" and "lube points".