elkassassin
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I Was Gonna Post This A Couple Years Ago & I Didn't!
This Would Pertain To Most 2500HD's & 3500HD's!
I Do My Own Maintenance & Do What I Can On These NEWER ARROGANT SOB'S To Work On!
Ya!
Some Of you Will Already Know This But I'm Posting It For Those That Don't Know!
There Are 9 Grease Fittings On The Front End Of These Trucks!
2 Of Them Are Kind Of A Pain In The Ass!
There Are 2 Pointed Straight Up,The One On The Passenger Side/Idler Arm Isn't Too Bad,The One On The Drivers Side/Pitman Arm Isn't Easy, Best Way To Get To It Is Crank The Steering Wheel One Revolution To The Right/Clockwise,Then You can Get To It,After I Had The Truck Up On Ramps I Then Jacked Both Sides Up Off The Ramps So I Could Turn The Steering Wheel!
There's A Plastic Skid Plate On The Front,Take 4-15MM Bolts Out & Remove Skid Plate!
On The Passenger Side & Up In There,There's A Grease Fitting On The Top of The Idler Arm,You Ain't Gonna See It Or Get To It Until You Remove The Front Plastic Skid Plate!
You've Got Grease Fittings On The Upper Ball Joints/Control Arms!
You've Got Grease Fittings On The Lower Ball Joints,They Are Kind Of Hidden On The Back/Rear Side!
And You've Got 2 Grease Fittings On The Outer Tie Rod Ends!
Just Thought I'd Post This For The Guys That Didn't Know & For The Guys That Hire Somebody To Do Their Oil Changes!
I've Got A Friend & He Takes His Rig In To The Shop For Oil Changes,They Pull The Drain Plug,Count To 5 And Plug Goes Back In,TOTAL BS In My Eyes!
I Told Him Next Time He Takes His DIRTY-MAX In For The Next Oil Change To Kinda Watch Them & Then Ask Them: I'm Kinda Curious As To How Many Grease Fittings There Is On My Truck?
So He Did!
The Guy Says:There's Only 4 & They're A Snap!![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Then The Next Time I Seen Him He Said;The Guy At The Oil Change Place Said There's Only 4 Grease Fittings & There A Snap!
I Said Well............!
They Missed More Than Half Of Them!
Boy Was He F'N PISSED!
Most Oil Change Places Ain't Pulling That Skid Plate Off That Takes Less Than A Minute To Remove!
Just Thought I'd Pass The Info On To People That Don't Already Know!
This Would Pertain To Most 2500HD's & 3500HD's!
I Do My Own Maintenance & Do What I Can On These NEWER ARROGANT SOB'S To Work On!
Ya!
Some Of you Will Already Know This But I'm Posting It For Those That Don't Know!
There Are 9 Grease Fittings On The Front End Of These Trucks!
2 Of Them Are Kind Of A Pain In The Ass!
There Are 2 Pointed Straight Up,The One On The Passenger Side/Idler Arm Isn't Too Bad,The One On The Drivers Side/Pitman Arm Isn't Easy, Best Way To Get To It Is Crank The Steering Wheel One Revolution To The Right/Clockwise,Then You can Get To It,After I Had The Truck Up On Ramps I Then Jacked Both Sides Up Off The Ramps So I Could Turn The Steering Wheel!
There's A Plastic Skid Plate On The Front,Take 4-15MM Bolts Out & Remove Skid Plate!
On The Passenger Side & Up In There,There's A Grease Fitting On The Top of The Idler Arm,You Ain't Gonna See It Or Get To It Until You Remove The Front Plastic Skid Plate!
You've Got Grease Fittings On The Upper Ball Joints/Control Arms!
You've Got Grease Fittings On The Lower Ball Joints,They Are Kind Of Hidden On The Back/Rear Side!
And You've Got 2 Grease Fittings On The Outer Tie Rod Ends!
Just Thought I'd Post This For The Guys That Didn't Know & For The Guys That Hire Somebody To Do Their Oil Changes!
I've Got A Friend & He Takes His Rig In To The Shop For Oil Changes,They Pull The Drain Plug,Count To 5 And Plug Goes Back In,TOTAL BS In My Eyes!
I Told Him Next Time He Takes His DIRTY-MAX In For The Next Oil Change To Kinda Watch Them & Then Ask Them: I'm Kinda Curious As To How Many Grease Fittings There Is On My Truck?
So He Did!
The Guy Says:There's Only 4 & They're A Snap!
Then The Next Time I Seen Him He Said;The Guy At The Oil Change Place Said There's Only 4 Grease Fittings & There A Snap!
I Said Well............!
They Missed More Than Half Of Them!
Boy Was He F'N PISSED!
Most Oil Change Places Ain't Pulling That Skid Plate Off That Takes Less Than A Minute To Remove!
Just Thought I'd Pass The Info On To People That Don't Already Know!