Grease Zircs

[53Crusher]

I've always known it takes me a while to completely grease my truck during service. When friends ask how many grease zircs I have, my response was always I don't know, but there are A LOT!

Out of completely idle curiosity, I decided to count them as they were greased. Here is what I came up with:

Trans to T-case propeller shaft - 3
T-case to rear axle propeller shaft - 3
T-case to front axle propeller shaft - 3
PTO front shaft to winch - 4
PTO rear shafts to pillow block - 5
Pillow block - 1
Winch - 2
Springs @3 per wheel - 12
clutch fork and pedal - 3
brake pedal - 1
drag link - 2
knuckles - 2
Tie rod - 2

Total for my truck is 43.... phew that is a LOT! No wonder these trucks are still on the road :-)

[Frank Irons]

Do you have one on your water pump? My '46 had a zerk on the water pump.

Frank

[53Crusher]

zirc on water pump

Good eye Frank! My old water pump had a zirc, but sadly the new pump does not have one. 44 would have been a nice round number :-)

[Tom Petroff]

Winch should have 3 fittings.
One each side of drum and one the right support.
And one on my water pump "45"

That's why I now use an Electric gun.
Tom

[53Crusher]

Winch zirc

Thanks Tom!
I missed one side of the winch drum. Breaking out my grease gun now and incrementing my count.

[defdes]

Looks like I have some work to do, I'll need to replace about 39 of these.

[Greg Coffin]

I just counted the zerks on my 6x6 Power Wagon - 43! I have a 318 in it, so no water pump fitting, and I'm running a hydraulic drive on my winch, so minus 2 for the PTO joints, though I still have one on the shear pin sleeve. My power brake bracket adds 3!

[Clint Dixon]

I added a grease zerk to the fill plug on my steering box, plus I have one on the fire wall mounted pivot for the Monroe Lift control and 4 on the lift itself. 51 for me.

How about the additional oil wicks and/or cups/holes on the starter, generator, distributor, and speedometer? 6 total.

And then there are the two differentials, transmission, transfer case, winch gearbox, belt pulley, and governor that need to have fluid levels checked.

Doing a lube job on two trucks ends up being an all day job for me, even with an air powered grease gun, once I wipe up all the old that oozes out.

Did I mention cleaning the fuel filters, gaping points and plugs, and topping off the brake fluid?

Junior

[53Crusher]

Ha Ha! You win Clint! I like your use of a zirc on the steering box. Do you use standard grease, or corn head? Mine always likes to drip out the gear oil so this might be a better way to go.

[Clint Dixon]

I use straight corn head grease. I used to mix grease and 140 gear lube 50/50. That seemed to separate and continue to leak. The corn head grease stays in place much better.

I forgot, there are 4 grease fittings on the Good Roads plow when that is attached. And if I am cutting wood with the cordwood saw, that adds another 2.

I am now worn out just thinking about the maintenance. ;^)

Junior