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Grease Jobs. How often?

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Disturbed Canuck, Mar 25, 2009.

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  1. Mar 25, 2009 #1
    Disturbed Canuck

    Disturbed Canuck Light Load Member

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    How often do you grease your rig? I've heard everything from every 25,000 miles right on down to every week or even after every heavy rainfall. When do you give your girl a good rub down?

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    Disturbed Canuck, Mar 25, 2009
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  3. Mar 25, 2009 #2
    JSmitty

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    Ours get done at service intervals of 10,000 miles, give or take a couple hundred miles.
     
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  4. Mar 25, 2009 #3
    snowbunny

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    Bought my hubby a grease gun from Cnd Tire cause his mechanic in KS said it should be done every week....
     
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  5. Mar 25, 2009 #4
    24valve puller

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    I grease every 5k, it might be a little too often but grease is cheap compared to the alternative, but it also gets me under the truck about every other weekend just incase something bad is starting you can't see from above
     
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  7. Mar 25, 2009 #5
    PaulE

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    every 7500 mi or after heavy rain/ snow
     
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  8. Mar 25, 2009 #6
    lostNfound

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    Same, same.
     
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  9. Mar 26, 2009 #7
    Rock hauler

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    ever two weeks. they are also right about the rain, grease your u-joints and kingpins rt. after a rain and water wiil come out before the grease
     
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  10. Mar 26, 2009 #8
    Jas

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    I agree, better to over grease than under grease.
     
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  11. Mar 26, 2009 #9
    fte05

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    Every week for me:biggrin_255:
     
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  12. Mar 26, 2009 #10
    JSmitty

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    I guess it all depends on just how much grease you use, when greasing every week. I've seen guys get out their grease guns, and give each zirt about 10 shots of grease, every week. This is way over greasing! I can see 2-3 shots per zirt, once a week though.
     
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