Lubricate Chassis, huh?

[Drunner97]

Make sure you know how to take the grease gun off the zerks if it's your first time using it like me. Found a youtube video explaining it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3o0SQP-xGE

Basically you just tilt it to the side and pull on it while giving it a little twist force.

Anyway today I finally did this. I am pretty slim so I can get under the truck without raising it but the space down there is pretty limited. For the rear shaft I can slide in from the back under the truck. For the front shaft it's easier to go in from the driver side. I had to put on 4wd and move the car a little so the zerks on the front shaft will face driver side for easier access.

There are 6 zerks including 2 for slide yoke and 4 for u joints. After 1 or 2 pumps the old black grease started to squeeze out from the u joints but I kept going untill the fresh pink grease start to come out, which took 5 to 7 pumps for each zerk. It took 40 pumps for the rear shaft slide yoke to start to expand then I stopped. For the front slide yoke, even after 40 pumps it's still not expanding but I stopped anyway.

Result: the truck does not tilt front a little when braking, nor does it move a little anymore after I fully stopped, turned off the engine and released the brake pedal.

So It's worth it.

Just a small note. If you're V6, you can turn the drive shaft by hand in 2wd. No need to put it in 4wd and move it to get the zerks into a usable position. I use a flex hose and can pretty much hit my zerks in any position. I'll hit the u-joints every oil change, and the drive shaft every 3-6 months, but I do a lot of off roading so I like to keep clean grease in things.