ball joints

[justinf89]

I went to grease the ball joints on my ex this morning and found that the bottom ones aren't greasable. I replaced the uppers with moog and the lowers with trw. Both have a lifetime warranty. Im just wondering if their even worth greasing with a lifetime warranty? I guess for the lowers id have to buy a grease needle. I did go ahead and grease the uppers.

 

[beast3300]

Yes I would still grease them. I grease my front end about once a year in the summer.

 

[wrcsixeight]

I don't think I would have installed non greasable, though there are enough people who claim non greasable last longer, or is that U Joints?

I don't think just squirting grease under the boot is gonna do anything to lubricate the ball and socket.

When Using a gun through the zerk, the pressure is pushing debris from the ball into the boot, and lubing the ball by default.

 

[mechtech2]

Right. A needle greaser will only lay up grease on top of the joint - not IN it like a pressure fitting from below.
Non greasable joints are here to stay, and can be superb.
Note that low end crud joints usually have fittings, while some of the best are NON greasable.

However, if you have new greasable joints, I'd fill then with moly grease myself.