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Old 08-09-2012, 04:43 AM
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Default Jks disconnects maintanence
Just wondering how to maintain/lubricate these? Mine are much stiffer than before. I noticed they have nipples of some sort. I'm assuming these should be greased? If so, what do you use?
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Old 08-09-2012, 05:27 AM
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Just wondering how to maintain/lubricate these? Mine are much stiffer than before. I noticed they have nipples of some sort. I'm assuming these should be greased? If so, what do you use?
Oh yeah, you need to grease them, I grease mine every couple of months. I use whatever jks recommended, can't remember what type of grease it is though.
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I just bought a cheap grease gun and grease them at least once a month. Takes 2 seconds to do. Those bushing seem to dry real quick
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As said above they tend to dry quick. I grease mine after every wheeling trip.
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Originally Posted by jeepwave
Just wondering how to maintain/lubricate these? Mine are much stiffer than before. I noticed they have nipples of some sort. I'm assuming these should be greased? If so, what do you use?
those red caps are covering the zerk grease fitting. they need to be greased very often when new for break in then every oil change a pump or two per the instructions. any common axle/bearing grease is fine.
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JKS reccomends standard wheel bearing grease I decided to use synthetic wheel bearing grease and it works awesome but you do need to keep up on greasing them at least every oil change!
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Cool...thanks for the info guys. I figured, just wasn't sure what grease to buy.
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