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Did my first oil change the other day and while I was under there I took a quick look for grease zerks and didn’t find any. Is everything sealed on these or do I just need to look harder? The owner’s manual specifies a standard cartridge grease (12377985) for “chassis lubrication” so it makes me wonder.

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35 minutes ago, UGADawgs said:

I haven't greased a vehicle in over 25yrs. 

I’m not sure I’ve ever greased a personal vehicle, but according to these forums, the previous gen had grease points.

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6 minutes ago, relevante said:

I’m not sure I’ve ever greased a personal vehicle, but according to these forums, the previous gen had grease points.

Some of what I was reading was actually about the 2500, but just read that the 1500s had a couple too.

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1 hour ago, relevante said:

Some of what I was reading was actually about the 2500, but just read that the 1500s had a couple too.

I would think only the Ujoints, but pure speculation.  It's too wet out to check right now, lol.

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2 hours ago, Limelight said:

I would think only the Ujoints, but pure speculation.  It's too wet out to check right now, lol.

I checked them when I was under it and didn’t find any there either.

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i just did my 20 2500 and i realie this is 1500 forum but there was no grease from factory....i had 9 up front and sure 1500 will have lot less but if you have em grease them cuz factory didnt

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HD's went from 11 zerks to 9 zerks  when the new chassis came out for the 2011 model year (same year DEF was added and the LML duramax replaced the LMM)

From Dunn's post, the 20+ HD chassis still has 9 zerks.

 

The LD pickups don't have zerks.

I'm not sure when they quit using them, but it was a long time back.

IIRC, it created a lot of chatter --- kinda like this thread. 

 

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On 4/19/2019 at 5:52 PM, UGADawgs said:

I haven't greased a vehicle in over 25yrs. 

You probably should work at a dealership then!

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