U-Joint question

Just check for play

 

You need zerts on them. I’ve personally never seen one without them.

 

Its a Euro thing the sealed and lubed for life components. Probably original.

If no play, no rust dust around the caps and no noticeable vibrations I wouldn't worry too much. U-joints aren't overly expensive and pretty easy to change. With 1.3 million on them its not like you'd be wasting much money by changing them.

 

My 2022 has maintenance free u joints. Combined with disc brakes all I have to grease is the steering and king pins, and the front spring shackles.

 

Lots of fleets spec non-geasable. They'll last a long time.

 

its an option: “maintenance free” i think the salesman said lifespan is sposed to be 500k gauranteed.
Grease is pretty cheap imo compared to all your air and electrical lines plus flat spotted tires and a tow but wtf do I know?

 

I prefer to have that piece of mind that I greased any zert for moving parts. Like you mentioned, grease is cheap. I’ll take the grease zert option plz.

 

I didn't know they had the maintenance free option for trucks, makes sense though people are lazier and lazier by the day, Ill keep my greasing my old ones, grease is cheap and it's pretty easy to run around and do the truck every Monday morning. On a side note, the company on the account I am on, quit ordering grease for the 5th wheels on their trucks, because they said they were going through to much.... thought that was the craziest thing I have ever heard, but shouldn't have been to surprised, since they are in the 3rd generation of owners now, and I don't think the bigs have ever even sat inside a truck