How I grease my front driveshaft
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My grease gun is loaded with this, this is OK to use? I think it's either this or red and tacky that is common. I read it is ok to just use lithium that is non-moly everywhere. Although If the vehicle is newer and I don't see any grease exiting the slip joint then I don't add grease to the slip.
Thanks for this. Did my 2020 HE today. Valvoline moly mix in slip joints, 6-8 pumps. Mystic in u joints. With 28k miles I don’t think this was ever done by the dealer. I will add that, the only plate I had to remove was a superficial cover over the front u joint of the rear drive axle. And using flexible hose guns, I was able to do the entire rear driveshaft without having to rotate anything. So no need for me at least to lift one side of the rear axle to spin anything. I did have to lift one side of the front. As a matter of fact the front most u joint was a pita.
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Why waste your time at the dealer for anything?
Building on this thread:
- Greased today the drive/propellor shafts for the first time at 32k miles (owned the vehicle from new, looks like dealer never did and the factory so so)
- Used Lucas X-tra Heavy Duty NLGI#2 for the spiders and slide yokes
- Used LocknLube LNL 252 grease gun with flexible hose and LocknLube Grease Coupler which works well and fits in the small space at the spiders
- 5 to 6 pumps on the slide yokes and after driving relieved pressure at the shaft zerks, no back flow of grease. Looks all good.
- Used four ramps and did not need to turn a rear wheel to align the rear drive shaft to access the zerks, got lucky
- Front shaft required putting the car in neutral and jacking up one front wheel
- LC200 on hand brake, that worked fine
- Turning off ignition was followed by annoying buzzer inside and out to warn not in park..., was able to leave the key inside and close the door shutting down the intense noise outside as the buzzer inside was still going. Oh well...
- Otherwise this worked like a charm as noted by bloc
During test drive all was good. Applied the brakes several times hard per FSM. Then relieved pressure at the shaft slide yoke zerks, no back flow of grease, all good.
For now appears adhoc play felt or slight clunk is gone when suddenly changing on/off the accelerator. Looks like factory wise not a lot of grease is put in the slide yokes as reported by others. Surprising.
I have also started an xls to track all the maintenance I am doing on the Cruiser.
Next are first oil change of the differentials and transfer case (bought the Ravenol kit). Motor Oil/Filter wise Toyota dealer did every 5k to date with 0W20, next at 35k I will do with 5W30 and every 5k thereafter.
Happy I have started doing my own maintenance on the 2021 Cruiser, like I am already doing for the 2014 535d.
- Greased today the drive/propellor shafts for the first time at 32k miles (owned the vehicle from new, looks like dealer never did and the factory so so)
- Used Lucas X-tra Heavy Duty NLGI#2 for the spiders and slide yokes
- Used LocknLube LNL 252 grease gun with flexible hose and LocknLube Grease Coupler which works well and fits in the small space at the spiders
- 5 to 6 pumps on the slide yokes and after driving relieved pressure at the shaft zerks, no back flow of grease. Looks all good.
- Used four ramps and did not need to turn a rear wheel to align the rear drive shaft to access the zerks, got lucky
- Front shaft required putting the car in neutral and jacking up one front wheel
- LC200 on hand brake, that worked fine
- Turning off ignition was followed by annoying buzzer inside and out to warn not in park..., was able to leave the key inside and close the door shutting down the intense noise outside as the buzzer inside was still going. Oh well...
- Otherwise this worked like a charm as noted by bloc
During test drive all was good. Applied the brakes several times hard per FSM. Then relieved pressure at the shaft slide yoke zerks, no back flow of grease, all good.
For now appears adhoc play felt or slight clunk is gone when suddenly changing on/off the accelerator. Looks like factory wise not a lot of grease is put in the slide yokes as reported by others. Surprising.
I have also started an xls to track all the maintenance I am doing on the Cruiser.
Next are first oil change of the differentials and transfer case (bought the Ravenol kit). Motor Oil/Filter wise Toyota dealer did every 5k to date with 0W20, next at 35k I will do with 5W30 and every 5k thereafter.
Happy I have started doing my own maintenance on the 2021 Cruiser, like I am already doing for the 2014 535d.
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I do everything humanly possible to avoid the dealer. I bought my LC certified so am going to have to take it in for oil changes every 10k and am dreading it. I have horrific luck with dealers screwing things up.
Yes...My last oil change at the dealer resulted in oil on the ground in my garage. The clowns at the dealer spilled used oil onto the factory skid plate/cover (probably in the process of removing the drain plug) and rain water made it overflow. Removed it to check what was going on, expecting potential drain plug leak. Ended up using up engine degreaser and some paper towels to get it back to new. Last time the dealer will do an oil change as I am out of 3year or 36k miles in any case. Agree with certified you better just have the oil changes done there. An option is to remove the skid plate/cover yourself before you go to the dealer. That way they cannot make a mess and you are also sure they do not gal threads on the cover bolds or lose some all together. Oh well...
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I’ve dealt with enough warranty BS to know if the dealer doesn’t do the scheduled maintenance they will fight me on any issues. I know, magnassun moss, etc etc it’s just not worth the headache.
I plan to have the dealer do 10k, I will do 5k in between. So 30k miles I’ll DIY. 35k dealer. 40k DIY. 45k dealer.
I’m right there with you. Last March we bought a Toyota Sienna and not only did it come with 2 years free oil changes, it only came with one key that’s now waiting on me at the dealership… I can’t bring myself to make the appointment to even get the key.
