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Ed Fenwick

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Aloha, my wife has a '95 Jeep Grand Cherokee, I rotated the tires yesterday and saw some grease fittings. Does anyone know where I can get a diagram of where all the nipples are. 'didn't know there was any and don't want to miss some!

Tks Ed
 
Found this on a JeepForum post:





* Track bar/panhard rod. 1 nipple at chassis end

* Track rod ends. 1 at each end of axle and 1 at the steering box drop arm. Possibly 1 at the mid-joint of the drag link but I think this one is usualy not greasable? so 3, maybe 4 on the steering linkage.

* Steering swivel ball joints. The top ball joint is greasable and this is easier to get to if you take the wheels off but not essential. The bottom ball joint isn't usually greasable but I think some specialist aftermarket ones might be.

*Front axle driveshafts have a UJ at each axle end. These are often not greasable but they can be and the grease fitting may be the usual nipple between 2 of the bearing caps(although there is no room to get a conventional grease gun in to it) or a flush fitting on the end of 1 of the bearing caps.

*Front propshaft has a greasable sliding joint and 3 UJ's which probably won't be greasable if they are original. The UJ nearest the gearbox could be greasable by the bearing end cap as there is no space to get to an inner grease nipple.

* Rear propshaft has 2 UJ's which again probably aren't greasable but worth checking. The sliding joint of the rear propshaft has to be dismantled to grease it but it is advisable to do it every few years, undo the uj straps at the rear axle(4x 8mm headed bolts) and remove the prop to grease the splines.



For the u-joints, if they have been replaced with aftermarket parts, then they may have grease fittings as well.
 
Tks Jimmy, I saw that too but was looking for a picture. I can print this and take it under the car with me. I would think that the engineers could design a Zerk fitting placement that wouldn't require wheel removal. Just sayn! I notised that the car needed a CV boot on the pasanger side. The shop wants to replace the whole axel for $20 more than just the boot. What do you think? Ed
 
I think a new axle is a no-brainer, unless you want to do it yourself. Shop's going to charge you same amount of labor to get to the boot. Dirt ingestion through the torn boot may have damaged the CV joint. Who's to know? Link below is a DIY video for boot replacement.
 
Ed- Please copy pdf, need to delete.
 
Larger Diagram
 
Thanks guys, time for me to get to work. For $250 the shop can do the CV

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