texasmike
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- Joined
- Sep 18, 2018
- Posts
- 254
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- 177
- Location
- Conroe Texas
- First Name
- Mike
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 305
I have had this truck for 5 years and put about 2,300 miles a year on it. It now has 64,600 ligament miles on a factory stock suspension and I have not been able to get the lower left ball joint to accept grease. I don't know how long it has been like that but the piece of rubber around it feels empty. The truck drives and handles great, the suspension is not loose and does not make any noises.The other nine fittings are fine.
I moved the right grease fitting to the left side and that did not help. Before I screwed the fitting in, I stuck a jewelers screwdriver in the hole and could not feel anything but a little new grease and metal. I bought one of those grease gun tips that locks on the fitting and have tried pumping grease in with the wheel on the ground and with it up in the air, both stationary and while turning it. This bothers me and I would like to get it fixed. Any ideas as to what has caused this and are there any tricks that may help, short of replacing the ball joint?
Thanks again for the help.
I moved the right grease fitting to the left side and that did not help. Before I screwed the fitting in, I stuck a jewelers screwdriver in the hole and could not feel anything but a little new grease and metal. I bought one of those grease gun tips that locks on the fitting and have tried pumping grease in with the wheel on the ground and with it up in the air, both stationary and while turning it. This bothers me and I would like to get it fixed. Any ideas as to what has caused this and are there any tricks that may help, short of replacing the ball joint?
Thanks again for the help.
