greae chassis

[04silverado1500]

hey guys i want to do all my maint. on my truck and i have heard that there are spots to grease on my truck i know the majority of vehicles are being built with a closed system but is mine an open system? can someone tell me if i have them on my 04 silverado 1500 Z-71 4x4 and if so where

[Trouttrooper]

hey guys i want to do all my maint. on my truck and i have heard that there are spots to grease on my truck i know the majority of vehicles are being built with a closed system but is mine an open system? can someone tell me if i have them on my 04 silverado 1500 Z-71 4x4 and if so where

 

You still have zerks on the steering linkage underneath. Can't remember the exact number but there's a few. Just start on one tire and work your way across to the other tire.

[TonyMazz]

There are 11 of them

[pm26]

There are greasing zerks on upper and lower balljoints and steering components, such as Pitman and idler arm. Have not looked closely, but there may be some on the steering tie rod joints too.

[04silverado1500]

ok guys so if they are there for us to grease how many of you actually grease them do i need to and how often? every oil change?

[ontheedge02]

I found this quite useful in locating my grease zerks and changing my other fluids.

 

http://gm-trucks.com/home/content/view/123/25/

[jjrobo]

I have an 04 4x4 and grease all 11 every oil change with synthetic grease. Just one or two pumps is usually all the ball joints need. Some of the other steering components take a few more.

 

If you don't already own a grease gun buy one that you can pump with one hand and hold the the hose against the zerk with the other. Pneumatic and cordless guns work great too.

 

It also makes it easier to replace a few of the zerks with 45° or 90° zerks. You will know which ones after you grease them once.

[pm26]

I strongly recommend a pistol grip grease gun with a flexible hose. It is much better than a lever type grease gun, because you can hold and pump the gun with one hand and use the other hand to hold the hose on the grease fitting so it does not slip off.

 

IMHO, greasing the chassis components at every oil change is an overkill, but I change oil every 3k miles. If you do it every 7.5 k miles, it should be OK.

[KB06YUKONXL]

I use Valvoline synthetic grease...every other oil change (10k). You can over grease the fittings and the synthetic grease lasts much longer. But my Yukon has no fittings on the tie rods or idler arm. I only have 7 fittings.

[KB06YUKONXL]

I use Valvoline synthetic grease...every other oil change (10k). You can over grease the fittings and the synthetic grease lasts much longer. But my Yukon has no fittings on the tie rods or idler arm. I only have 7 fittings.

 

I just found 2 more fittings.......I have 9 so far..........