Thread: Grease Nipples

Originally Posted by 98RRover

Does anyone know how many grease plugs there are on a 1998 P38?

I want to grease on my own this time to make sure the shop has been doing it right and not missing any.

Is there a list of plug locations or do you leave it up to a shop to find them all?

Most P38s have sealed ball joints and steering knuckles (track rod etc). Also, if the UJs have been replaced they may be sealed as well. That leaves the prop shafts... one grease nipple each...that's 2
Check UJs... potentially one each... that's another 4
Check ball joints ...upper and lower, each side, one grease nipple each each that's an additional 4.

steering gear: track rod and drag kink...joint on each end, potentially another 4 but usually sealed.

so the potential max is 14, minimum 2, probably 6 (4UJs and one on each prop shaft).