Oh man, yeah, that really sucks. I could have told you a place here in Boston that will give you a pass even if you have CEL's. That's how I got mine inspected. I am sure that there are lots of places that will pass you.

Do you know which code you were throwing? It sounds like 420, whcih I have as well.

BTW, autozones and advance auto's here will read the codes for free. Or I can read them for you.

heh can anyone explain why toyota wants us to use MP grease on u-joints and Moly/lithium on the double cardon joint? Amount of load on the u-joint vs on the cardon?

Gonna assume here if you don't have the cardon then you would use the MP on everything?

Not that it matters to me. I have had no problems sing the above mentioned stuff on any of my trucks.

Buy a couple tubes of Amzoil synthetic grease with Molydenum. Then don't think about it anymore.

http://www.smartsynthetics.com/amsoil_greases.htm

I use it on everything.

Well, almost everything.......................

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Oh, that's nasty...

I just hopped under my truck to grease them and after about 1 pump from the gun heard cracking noises coming from the seals. Is it supposed to make this noise?! its been about 50k since it was done last and that sounds freaks me out.

Thats normal. there is no prob.

Thank you. Manged to get them all done using some marine grease for my boats impeller. tough stuff, expensive too.

I had my driveshaft and U joints replaced at the dealer around 2 years ago.
Checked under the 4Runner today and the new U joints and driveshaft don't have and zerk fittings. Is this normal!?

Depends what truck you drive. Add to your sig or profile.

Sorry...that would help if it mentioned what I drive!
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Bingo. I thought I read that the 2WD runners don't have zerks, which is hard to believe. I think that was mentioned earlier in this thread? I don't have my Haynes manual with me at the moment.

The popping sounds are air bubbles being forced through the grease.

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I'd hope it is right since the dealer did the replacement!

So Randy man & Chefyota, you guys use a non-moly as both greases and have had no problems?? This thread has confused me!!

From the research i have done on this, non-moly is ok, but you HAVE to make sure they never go dry, like by re-greasing after going through water or rain, etc. which is probably more frequent than you want to have to crawl under there.

The moly provides lubrication even when dry. If I were you, I'd just pick up some Moly-lube. It is not expensive, and then you don't have to worry as much.

I went through all but one of my Zerk fittings tonight (got too dark and cold, I'll get that last one later) and purged most of the old grease out and replaced it with Lucas Marine grease. As you who have undertaken this endeavor, you know it is quite messy. I got most of the grease up, but didn't get it all. What's the best way to clean these areas up? I was thinking soap and hot water and a toothbrush, probably my roomie's. Or could I hit the surface with degreaser? I'm hesitant to do this because that stuff can seep into pretty small crevices.

I don't know about the entire area but to clean my zerk fittings I just sprayed some carb cleaner on a rag and wiped all the old grease/crud off pretty easily.

yes-just use a lot of rags to wipe down the area. With grease it's just going to be a mess so save up all those old socks or other fabric and toss when done.

I've never cleaned the spent grease up unless it was about to drip on my head or my driveway, in which case it was just with some paper towels.