# Grease Fittings

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury, grandmarquis\
**Created:** [June 14, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872 "2013-06-14T23:52:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bigpoppop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@bigpoppop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bigpoppop)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/1 "2013-06-14T23:52:16Z")

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Are there any suspension grease fittings on a 1999 Mercury Grand Marquis?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/2 "2013-06-15T01:13:48Z")

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I’m not sure when the Panthers sealed up their front ends, but by '99 they probably have no fittings…But earlier models certainly did, my '92 had 8 or 9 grease fittings on the suspension and steering…www.crownvicnet.net will have your answer if no one here knows for sure…

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/3 "2013-06-15T07:05:36Z")

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If the vehicle has the original suspension components then no.

These are sealed systems from the factory. Until that suspension component is replaced with a high quality suspension component do you get the option of a grease fitting.

Tester

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/4 "2013-06-15T07:09:38Z")

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I might note that a lot of the aftermarket parts are manufactured by the same company (TRW) that produces them for FOMOCO.

Omitting the grease Zerks on the parts supplied to Ford is obviously a FOMOCO bean counter move to shave costs by a few cents.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/5 "2013-06-15T07:44:16Z")

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We have both Ford and GM trucks in our fleet.

I have noticed that the Ford ball joints w/o zerks don’t last as long as the GM ball joints with zerks

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**Author:** ![bigpoppop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@bigpoppop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bigpoppop)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/6 "2013-06-15T17:01:13Z")

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Thank you for the info…

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**Author:** ![Docnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Docnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Docnick)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/grease-fittings/79872/7 "2013-06-15T17:47:48Z")

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My 1988 Caprice still had front end grease fittings; I changed my own oil, but got a $12 grease job at the local service station.