"Chris Nagorka" <cnagorka@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me exactly how many grease fittings there are on the
> front end of one of these things? My '97 GM's steering is getting
> heavier, it doesn't want to return to center very well, etc. It's got
> 200k on it and no work on the front end other than alignments. Looking
> at the Ford tech manual (the real thing, not a Haynes manual) they don't
> show any lubrication points anywhere, and yet they list the kind of
> grease you're supposed to use on the "Front suspension ball joints,
> steering linkage, and steering arm stops". I've looked and looked and
> I've only found one grease fitting, where the pitman arm meets the
> center link of the steering linkage, as I remember.
>
> TIA,
> CN
>
Hi Chris -
I will tell you what I did to my '95 but . . . you may not feel
comfortable
doing what I did. Mine were creaking and groaning. I bought a needle
attachment for my grease gun and carefully injected each ball joint full.
The rubber bits were already damaged so I wasn't worried about letting
water
in. I used a good anti-seize grease with anti-washout properties. I also
jacked up parts to relieve the pre-load to get the grease between the
joint
parts.
PoD
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