Lubing/Greasing the front end?

The front end on my wagon is creaking quite a bit - steering rack is making some noise also. Where exactly are the places that need o be oiled and what do you used to oil them?

no oil, grease. Get a cheap gun and tube grease from autozone and hit the major parts. Wont go into where now..... Typing on my phone..... Will elaborate when i get to a real keyboard.

You basically lube any joint that has a rubber boot and a grease fitting on it.

Sven,there should be 10 grease points/nipples under the front end and like Greg said,just look
for a rubber grommet.
Both sides upper ball joints
Both sides lower ball joints
Both sides outer tie-rod ends
Both sides inner tie-rod ends
Idler arm pivot point
Pittman arm attachment point
Pretty sure that it!

Thank you, I will take a look once the weather clears up and it stops raining here :-)

Hit those every other oil change. Or every oil change if you change it at 5k like I do.

Sven,when you buy the mini grease gun make sure it has the flexible hose on it or you will need to buy one.Some of the mini guns come with a fixed metal tube which makes greasing some nipples impossible to reach.Take your time and dont pump too much grease into each fitting.

The next time you get your oil changed, they should grease your front end. They do it as part of the service at good garages/oil change stations.

lol, that's what they all say. Change your own oil, grease your own joints.

11... but that's just what I heard

Greasing joints is always important. At my shop we grease all joints with oil changes. Never heard of any issues with over greasing them. Can never be to lubbed !!

Olds Weighty Eight wrote:

You basically lube any joint that has a rubber boot and a grease fitting on it.

I was going to say if it has a nipple lube it up. But it just sounded um,,,,lol