How often should you grease the nipples? - Page 2

**GRIZZLYWIZARD** · #11 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dilligaf

theres zerks on a arm (8 of them) and on the u joints. there are no xerks on the brakes and i would not put greese on your brakes, would not be good. you want a little fricton there!

All the brakes do is slow you down!

bwelsh321 · #12 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 11:12 PM

thanks for the help. so the nipples are called zerks? I Greased the 8 on the arms in the front. Do I use the same grease for the front and rear drive shaft nipples? and r there any others I need to grease?

bwelsh321 · #13 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 11:27 PM

I found this on another forum, There is 11 grease nipple ya need to hit. 8 for the A-Arms, 2 for the rear drive shaft and 1 for the front drive shaft. oh ya and those zerk i was talking about on the brakes I was told those are for bleeding the brakes.

stray · #14 (**permalink**) 06-20-2009, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bwelsh321

thanks for the help. so the nipples are called zerks? I Greased the 8 on the arms in the front. Do I use the same grease for the front and rear drive shaft nipples? and r there any others I need to grease?

yes, they are Zerk fittings. you should use the same grease for all of them. a-arms and driveshafts - that is all. the bleeder screws on the calipers are for purging air from the brake system, make sure the caps stay on them. once you get mud dried up in there, they can be a pain if you're servicing the brakes.