What brand of grease you using

What brand of grease are you using on your drive shaft? I know it needs to be NLGI No 2 rated but didn’t know if you were using one you researched or is known for being the best

 

I know some folks like "Green Grease." I just use whatever Wallyworld carries.

 

Lucas Red n' tacky

 

Lucas green X-tra is what i think is what I last loaded in the grease gun

 

Valvoline Moly-Fortified Gray Full Synthetic

 

Normally Amsoil red but Lucas red now. Any off the shelf NLGI-2 grease will work fine.

 

Valvoline synthetic nlgi 2.

 

Do you guys think drive shafts are being greased if the owner is not doing it themselves? From my experience dealer or other oil change places don't do it. Every 5k and never any problems.

 

Castrol Pyroplex from the local big box store. It has good water washout performance.

The store previously carried Lucas Xtra (green), so I used that in the Tacoma. While a good grease, it's polyurea, incompatible and not intermixable with the more common lithium greases on the market.

 

These trucks still have zerk fittings?

 

At my local dealers, it's a separate chargeable service costing about $50.

 

Yes they do

 

Interesting, owning one gets more fascinating every day compared to the Tacoma….

 

Lucas x-tra

 

Lucas Red & Tacky.

If they did it right, $50 is worth the cleanup time and soap alone

 

I use two different greases, both from Amsoil, that are installed in two different grease guns equipped with lockNlube grease gun coupler, which I highly recommend. I use there synthetic polymeric off-road grease, NLGI #2 grease with 5% moly on the slip yokes and synthetic multi-purpose grease, NLGI #2 on the spyders.

 

I'm curious how many people are using lithium based grease, as spec'd in the manual. Some of the ones mentioned above don't seem to be.

 

Didn’t Tacomas have greasable driveshafts up until very recently. I thought I remembered hearing some surprise that the zerks disappeared one year to the next.

I’d be curious to know if those driveshafts are different in some way, or if it’s the same driveshaft, but just un-greasable. I would imagine a greasable shaft would be better able to endure corrosion in the spiders when used on salty roads.

 

This

 

I use Triax or Amsoil for the u-joints and Valvoline FS Moly for the slip joint and ball joints (SPC).

 

Looking at Red Line CV2 for occasional -40F temeratures here.
https://www.redlineoil.com/cv-2-grease

 

AirTec Lube-Shuttle® G200EP Grease I keep it loaded in my Lube-Shuttle at all times and use it on truck, tractor, chipper, ATV, Trac-Vac:

 

my 2020 did not have any. It spent spent 3 winters in Massachusetts.

 

While we're taking about this, may I suggest using plastic caps to keep the fittings clean. So far I haven't had any come off on the road, either.

LockNLube Grease Fitting Caps (50 Count) (Yellow) https://a.co/d/5SAtWCN

 

100% agree with you. If you’re not doing it, it’s not getting done

 

That’s laughable. Now you got a 19 year old doing it and I guarantee they aren’t cleaning the fittings first. Nope just push all that dirt and grit in there.

 

That’s what I’m going to start using

 

I’m going to start using that

 

Lucas Red & Tacky from Walmart

 

You probably won't have any come off either.
These caps are a worthwhile addition. As @morfdq mentioned above - the grease fitting should be cleaned before hooking up the grease gun. All it takes is a grain of sand or two and it will clog the grease fitting.
We use the plastic caps on the jets that I maintain. They stay attached to the grease fittings on the landing gear which is subject to speeds in the air over 200 mph.