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188 MAINTAINING YOUR VEHICLE
Driveline And Steering Component Lubrication
U-joints
(cardan
joints),
prop shafts, yokes,
ball joints
and
other driveline
and
steering
components
are provided
with
grease
fittings
for
lubrication. Lubrication
of these
components at
the intervnls
specified
in the maintenance
schedules
is
very imporl,rnt,
particularly if
your vehicle
is
subjected
to
off-road or other
heavy-duty use.
See your
dealer for
complete
servic'
information.
Selection of
Lubricating
Grease
r
~
The
National
Lubricnting
NATIONAL
LUBRICATING
Grease
Institute
(NLGI)
has
GREASE INSTITUTE
r----------."'I
developed
a symbol (Certifi-
N LG
I
cation
Mark) to
aid
the
ve-
AUTOMOTIVE
WHEEL
BEARING
&
CHASSIS
\.
LUBRICANT
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hicle
owner
in
the
proper
se-
lection
of greJse
for
the
lubrication
of wheel bearings
and
chassis components. This
GC-LB
symbol, an example shown
1111.._
_________
....
here,
is
located
on
the
grease
container and
identifies the
application
and guality
of
tli
grease.
There are
two
groups
identified, those for wheel
beari11
(Letter
"G") and
those for
chassis (Letter "L")
lubric,1li1
Performance
categories within these groups rcsull
dual letter designations
for each group.
The letter
d1•
1
nations
shown in
the
example are
the highest
q11,il
level available
and
when
combined as shown can
Lw
11
for both, wheel bearing
and chassis
lubrication.
LJ..,,.,
those
greases
that have the NLGI
symbol on tlw
1
tainer
along with
the proper
quality level
Im
1
application.
CAl
1
I
oder frequent
heavy
1
li,,nge all
lubricants a
111
•11ls,
all driveline
jointi
1
11
1
•11
than
in normal
S{
1,11,
IV
I
ubrication
I
,111d
all
body pivot pt
11111
I
s,
doors,
liftga
te,
1l
1 •d
p riodically to
.
I
1
1
110
11•
t
against
rust
1 111 ,111
I
ubricant, thE
l
'l
1
•,111
lo
remove du
111I
,11HI gr ase sho
1
1
l111111
I
al o
be
gi,
111 1111•
proper funcl
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Viet's,
the ho,
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