Clearance problem with spider grease fittings on propeller shaft service

[Grug556]

Guys like title says, I am having trouble getting my grease fitting inside the the two spider joints that border the transaxle. I am using a lock and lube coupler, the standard size one. Its worker great on slide yokes and far rear and front spiders. On the other two spiders the head of the grease fitting dispenser is like a fraction to wide to slide into the joint to lock onto the grease fitting. Anybody know anyway to free up some space there? Its out maybe 1mm or less. Just doesnt fit. The grease fitting itself is almost straight down so its not like I am trying to access the lock and lube coupler at a weird angle either. I think my front and rear spider joints havent never been greased by the Stealer as they cracked and popped nicely with the new grease going in. Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[jdm-v35]

mine works fine. you may need to do it angled from the side so the driveshaft angling down directly doesnt reduce clearance for the grease gun fitting.

 

[Grug556]

mine works fine. you may need to do it angled from the side so the driveshaft angling down directly doesnt reduce clearance for the grease gun fitting.

Any chance if I say used a pry bar I could move the yoke back fractionally? The alternative was to grind down the width of the dispensing fitting. I cleaned it to, not dirt. Really puzzled why there is a clearance issue here.

 

[jdm-v35]

Any chance if I say used a pry bar I could move the yoke back fractionally? The alternative was to grind down the width of the dispensing fitting. I cleaned it to, not dirt. Really puzzled why there is a clearance issue here.

I just drive it an inch or two and look underneath at the position. easier and you wont break anything. I think the front spins freely if 4wd is not engaged if I remember correctly.

 

[Grug556]

I just drive it an inch or two and look underneath at the position. easier and you wont break anything. I think the front spins freely if 4wd is not engaged if I remember correctly.

Its a limited..that ****er is always engaged!! Even in the ditch

Its also up on stands.. we got alot of work to do!!

 

[jdm-v35]

Its a limited..that ****er is always engaged!! Even in the ditch

Its also up on stands.. we got alot of work to do!!

hahaha if its up on stands, put it in neutral and you can turn the driveshafts. just make sure ebrake is off lol

 

[Grug556]

hahaha if its up on stands, put it in neutral and you can turn the driveshafts. just make sure ebrake is off lol

Alright... we try this next!! Thanks amigo!

 

[mc813]

Interested to hear if rotating slightly helps. I just greased mine last week and ran into the same issue, ended up taking off the locking coupler and putting a standard one back on to grease those since the locking coupler wouldn't fit.

 

[Grug556]

Interested to hear if rotating slightly helps. I just greased mine last week and ran into the same issue, ended up taking off the locking coupler and putting a standard one back on to grease those since the locking coupler wouldn't fit.

Yeah..thanks Man! Put on slimmer OEM tip on the milwaukee blaster and it fit after I rotated the shaft around abit. Everything done on propeller now. Had to removed the heat shield on front side of transaxle for clearance.

Thanks guys..on to next project part now.

By the way it put out an audible alarm when on stands when in neutral. Only thing would shut it up was put key back in truck and shut door. Truck was off during this.

 

[fkheath]

Guys like title says, I am having trouble getting my grease fitting inside the the two spider joints that border the transaxle. I am using a lock and lube coupler, the standard size one. Its worker great on slide yokes and far rear and front spiders. On the other two spiders the head of the grease fitting dispenser is like a fraction to wide to slide into the joint to lock onto the grease fitting. Anybody know anyway to free up some space there? Its out maybe 1mm or less. Just doesnt fit. The grease fitting itself is almost straight down so its not like I am trying to access the lock and lube coupler at a weird angle either. I think my front and rear spider joints havent never been greased by the Stealer as they cracked and popped nicely with the new grease going in. Any ideas?

Thanks!

My grease gun came with this to use in tight places. You do need to make sure the zerk on the drive shaft is clean, and press the tip of this tightly against the ball of the zerk.

 

[Grug556]

My grease gun came with this to use in tight places. You do need to make sure the zerk on the drive shaft is clean, and press the tip of this tightly against the ball of the zerk.

Yeah ive seen those. Hard to use sometimes as you really have to press it in. But like you said they work.

 

[kenwilliams0803]

A needle grease fitting should work, but I grease mine fairly regularly and I've never had to use anything but the standard fitting. Just spin the driveshaft a little -- even if that means moving the vehicle a foot forward or back.

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[honda250xtitan]

My grease gun came with this to use in tight places. You do need to make sure the zerk on the drive shaft is clean, and press the tip of this tightly against the ball of the zerk.

oh man i can imagine the mess i'd make with that already

 

[JAXJeremy]

Greased all these fittings for the first time myself this past weekend. Up until then it had been done at the dealership (or had it??)

I'm using to greasing fittings on my old Bronco..lots more clearance there, but I didn't have any issues getting the regular grease gun fitting over the zerk..Did have to change angles a few times. No big deal..

One thing I did notice is that the u-joints seemed dry as hell..making me wonder whether they even touched them when I had previously gone in for dealer service..

 

[lewdog998]

My grease gun came with this to use in tight places. You do need to make sure the zerk on the drive shaft is clean, and press the tip of this tightly against the ball of the zerk.

thats what she said

 

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This shouldn't be an issue...

 

[Buz06]

Zerks

I have a '22 sport and was at the dealer this morning for the first free oil change. I asked the service writer if they were going to grease the drive shafts and u-joints. I was told there are no longer grease fittings on the u-joints, only on the shafts.
Anyone else heard this? Guess I'm going to have to get my geriatric arthritic self out there and crawl under and have a look around.

 

[Whippersnapper02]

I have a '22 sport and was at the dealer this morning for the first free oil change. I asked the service writer if they were going to grease the drive shafts and u-joints. I was told there are no longer grease fittings on the u-joints, only on the shafts.
Anyone else heard this? Guess I'm going to have to get my geriatric arthritic self out there and crawl under and have a look around.

Yeah you're going to have to jump under and look. It just sounds like the dealer doesn't want to do it which is why you never use the dealer for service.

 

[mrblah]

never had a problem with a grease gun with a hose and quick release fitting.

i spend more time inching the vehicle forward and backward to gain access to the front driveshaft because im too lazy to lift the vehicle up into the air.

If i remember correctly, i can only access the front drive shaft from driver side due to having aftermarket skidplates blocking access from passenger side, but i could be wrong. obviously it would be easier if i drop the skidplates, but im lazy and lazy always wins.

 

[Grug556]

never had a problem with a grease gun with a hose and quick release fitting.

i spend more time inching the vehicle forward and backward to gain access to the front driveshaft because im too lazy to lift the vehicle up into the air.

If i remember correctly, i can only access the front drive shaft from driver side due to having aftermarket skidplates blocking access from passenger side, but i could be wrong. obviously it would be easier if i drop the skidplates, but im lazy and lazy always wins.

Yeah I had all my plates off when working on it. Left gas tank skid on... so I wear a fuzzy hat to stop myself smashing my head into it :bounce:

Yeah all from the drives side.