How often should you grease your ATV?
Most ATV drive shafts will have a grease fitting, called a zerk fitting, on the U-joints at the ends of the shaft. About once a month you should pump a shot or two of multi-purpose moly grease from a grease gun.
What should I use to lubricate ATV?
What kind of grease goes in ball joints?
Valvoline Moly-Fortified Gray Full Synthetic Grease is generally considered the best grease for ball joints. Keeping the various ball joints in your car properly greased is vital to ensuring that they are adequately lubricated, moving smoothly, and not making too much noise.
Do both fittings on AU joint have to be greased?
The most common cause of a U-Joint failure is lack of proper greasing. A maintenance schedule that includes greasing your U-Joints will help prevent premature failure of parts. The goal of greasing your U-Joints is to keep clean grease around the needle bearings.
How do you know when a grease fitting is full?
If this is the case, the best tactic is to “feel” the grease into the bearing cavity until slight resistance or back pressure is felt against the trigger, or lever, signaling the bearing cavity is now full.
Why does grease gun get stuck on ZERK?
Grease guns get stuck on fittings due to clogged zerk fittings which don’t let the grease pass through and cause a pressure build up that prevents them from releasing. So to get it unstuck unscrews the hose or hardline from the gun which will release the pressure and allow it to come off.
How do you grease ball joints without fitting?
Instruction to Grease a Ball Joint Without Fitting
- Check the Boot. At first, get the tire off.
- Prepare the Grease Gun.
- Inject Your Needle into the Boot.
- Start Pumping with the Grease Gun.
- Eject the Needle.
- Driving Test.
Can you over grease u-joints?
IMHO u-joints tend be over greased if anything. Heck most vehicles anymore have sealed bearings. Unless extreme angles or loads are involved, I’m fine with yearly or monthly depending on usage.
Do u-joints come pre greased?
NOTE: The u-joint must be greased prior to installation. There is only enough grease in a new MOOG u-joint to keep the needles in place during assembly, which is not sufficient for operational lubrication. Before installation, there are three steps to follow to ensure long service life: 1.