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Based on some posts in other forums and around the web, I gather that the 5th gen 4WD had 6 zerks (3 front [one slide yoke + two joints], and 3 rear [one slide yoke + 2 joints]).
On my 2025 TRD ORP:
Rear shaft:
I don't see any zerks for the rear slide yoke. It appears to have a boot/sleeve, so seems greasing the rear slide yoke would require removing the boot / dropping the shaft to expose it. I found one zerk per joint at each end of the rear shaft, so seems the rear has 2 total zerks.
Front shaft:
There appears to be a zerk for the slide yoke on the front shaft, and one zerk per joint at each end, so 3 total (one slide yoke zerk; two joint zerks).
So that is 5 total zerks (3 front + 2 rear).
At ~7k miles, I'm not in a hurry to grease the slide yokes. The front has the zerk, so easy enough (except my skid plate is in the way). But for the rear slide yoke, the boot would need to be removed to expose it. Also could require dropping the shaft from one end or the other, and marking to ensure it goes back to the same exact alignment from which it came, and it will be messy. I am hopeful (curious) that it was sufficiently lubricated at the factory to wait for me to figure out what I don't know. I also understand that too much grease there can create pressure, so the front slide yoke which is easily done via grease gun on the zerk will only get a 1/2 pump or two.
Anybody else getting into this yet on a 2025 w/ 4WD? What am I missing and/or wrong about?
On my 2025 TRD ORP:
Rear shaft:
I don't see any zerks for the rear slide yoke. It appears to have a boot/sleeve, so seems greasing the rear slide yoke would require removing the boot / dropping the shaft to expose it. I found one zerk per joint at each end of the rear shaft, so seems the rear has 2 total zerks.
Front shaft:
There appears to be a zerk for the slide yoke on the front shaft, and one zerk per joint at each end, so 3 total (one slide yoke zerk; two joint zerks).
So that is 5 total zerks (3 front + 2 rear).
At ~7k miles, I'm not in a hurry to grease the slide yokes. The front has the zerk, so easy enough (except my skid plate is in the way). But for the rear slide yoke, the boot would need to be removed to expose it. Also could require dropping the shaft from one end or the other, and marking to ensure it goes back to the same exact alignment from which it came, and it will be messy. I am hopeful (curious) that it was sufficiently lubricated at the factory to wait for me to figure out what I don't know. I also understand that too much grease there can create pressure, so the front slide yoke which is easily done via grease gun on the zerk will only get a 1/2 pump or two.
Anybody else getting into this yet on a 2025 w/ 4WD? What am I missing and/or wrong about?
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