I love my '92... ;-D
Zerks all around.
<Tubamirbls@aol.com> wrote in message news:3e.28f37df0.2b2aa12f@aol.com...
>
> Hi Sam
> This is a point of dismay for me. All I can figure is the sales
> executives won the battle forcing the engineers to equip the trucks with
> sealed ball jts and tierod ends. And whomever Chrysler's vendor is who
> supplies these components there is generally just barely enough grease to
get
> you 50k mi.
> Sales are always wanting to crow about how little maintenance the
owner
> has to do if they buy this truck. Well as you know, we still have to do
> regular oil and filter changes on a time or mileage basis and on every 3rd
or
> 4th oil change interval, if we had a zerk fitting on each of our
suspension
> ball jts and tierod ends (total 6 fittings) we could shoot each with
enough
> grease to fully expand the rubber seal and keep our ball jts tight for
100k
> plus mi. The added time to shoot 6 fittings when you're already on the
rack
> for an oil change adds 2 minutes or less.
> So if this situation isn't bad enough, they designed the suspension
ball
> jts such that the entire A-arm must be replaced if the jt goes bad (due to
> insufficent grease) by riveting the jt to the A-arm. The (defective) jt
is
> not removable by common fasteners when in need of replacement. At 43k mi
I
> had to practically hire a terrorist to get my dealer to honor my Chrysler
75k
> extended warranty and replace 3 of my 4 A-arms all of which had jt failure
> due to insufficient grease. And then he wanted me to feel he was doing a
> really big deal for me.
> Before my jts had so much wobble there was no alternative but
> replacement I tried in every way to get grease into them but the rubber or
> plastic sock they designed as a grease seal fits so tightly you can't peel
it
> away to add grease without permanent damage to the sock which can only be
> repaired with a whole new A-arm. I should think that Chrysler has had a
flood
> of warranty complaints (and after warranty for that matter) on this as
well
> as the celebrated sub par engineering on the front braking discs to just
go
> back to zerk fittings, save company money and keep owners happy. The
whole
> thing is just absurd.
>
> Paul Sahlin
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