This sorta reminds me of "steves " recint experience with Carli ball joints squalking if one doesn't grease them every oil change . Might not be related , and could be a frozen binding axel u joint ,,, but ya never know

Thanks

 

...I will have an update on mine soon as well...

 

I think I also saw(on another thread) that the Carli service says that you should Jack the front axle off the ground before greasing. Might give that a try as well. Easier to do that then rip it apart lol

 

Yep !

To further diagnose I guess :

Try to grease lowers as is , if at all possible

Pop one side at a time steering arm ,, turn rotor n hub back and forth ( simulating turning ) vigorously feeling for stiffness / binding trying to tell if it's a u joint or ball joint

Ahhh the fun of it all ...

 

More likely axle u joint issue.

 

This is what you need to grease a Dynatrac lower: https://www.google.com/shopping/pro...RC4ARIsADhz5O4JCLJC6KBslvkYFBAMBas5P3N1dLlZOASm-cCHWPO1N_-ANy_6iXsaAqt8EALw_wcB

 

Thank you . I see where a 90* needler would go in there , but would it build pressure as to thoughly grease the ball joint ?

Hmmm

 

You're not trying to pressurize the joint, you're trying to grease it. Jack the front end up, and put a little grease in. Don't pump it up until the seals blow.

 

A word of caution if you buy the Legacy 2144 90 degree greaser. Putting too much down pressure on it will snap it in two where the size changes down for the 90 degree portion. For some odd reason I purchased 2 of them and I am now very careful when I use my last one. I think EMF and Carli have a better design for where the grease nipple is on their lower ball joints.

 

10 4 thanks for the warning !!

I did manage to take out the 1/8" pipe / grease plug and it's quite special , concave with checkball like a standard zerk . Then fished in a 90' zerk I had , threaded it in some and found it was still too tite in there for connection to grease gun . Also a standard grease needler wasn't compatible and didn't work on the temp 90' fitting I found . Ohh well I just HAD to try with what I had on hand !!! An hour later of frustration it had it back to the way it was .
Then I found a concave needler ( instead of the pointy needler I tried ) I forgot I had and it actually WOULD HAVE WORKED when I had the temp 90 zerk in there . But ohh hell no I ain't fishing that crap back in there again !

Anyway I'll get that Funky looking correct needler and grease them up properly to further diagnose the problem .

It's my sons truck and he hasn't fully committed to tearing it appart . If it was mine I would have already took that biatch appart till I found the root cause .
But hey the weekend is coming , and I'm shure we will get after it full on .
Thanks