Chassis Lube Points for 2015 Sierra / Silverado?

BOOMER119 · January 30, 2016

Was crawling around under the truck the other day and didn't see any chassis lube points. Did GM do away with zerk fittings on control arms, ball joints, tie rods, etc?

newdude · January 30, 2016

2007-Current 1500 trucks, outer tie rod ends and that's it. All other front joints are lifetime sealed.

2500hd and 3500hd still have fittings on all but two linkages.

To the best of my knowledge, the 1500 trucks are the only 1/2 ton on the market with any fittings, and the HDs are the only full greaseable HD on the market.

BOOMER119 · January 30, 2016

Thanks for the info. I'll have to take another look at the next oil change. It was kinda dark the other night when I crawled under there :-)

Badass69 · February 1, 2016

It's as good idea to self grease..... I bought my truck and let the dealer do one of the included oil changes in which they just made a mess under the truck. Well neither the original dealer that PDI'd the truck nor the oil change monkeys greased the tie rods. Tool 15 shots to even get the rubber boot to swell..... they were bone dry inside.

newdude · February 1, 2016

It's as good idea to self grease..... I bought my truck and let the dealer do one of the included oil changes in which they just made a mess under the truck. Well neither the original dealer that PDI'd the truck nor the oil change monkeys greased the tie rods. Tool 15 shots to even get the rubber boot to swell..... they were bone dry inside.

There is nothing on the PDI check list for greasing steering components as they are pre-lubed before they even hit the truck.

Badass69 · February 1, 2016

15HDriver, on 01 Feb 2016 - 12:24 PM, said:

There is nothing on the PDI check list for greasing steering components as they are pre-lubed before they even hit the truck.

Obviously they aren't...... otherwise they wouldn't be that dry. Sure they are "prelubed" with the minimal amount of lubricant they use when they assemble the parts. Even if they don't do it at PDI because they don't have too they could at least do it when you get the oil changed..... I know...... grease guns are hard to understand how to use.

TJay74 · February 8, 2016

or maybe you have over-filled your boots. I have never greased them until they swell, all it does is as soon as you drive and make a turn it puts pressure on the boot and squeezes out the excess grease. If you are using a good quality synthetic ball joint grease you only need maybe 5 pumps to keep it lubed. Any excess grease pushes past the ball joint and goes on top of it in the boot area. That isn't the wear area of a ball joint so it is doing no good up there.