Grease fittings

hello Tacoma world. Have a question about 3rd gen Tacoma. Bought a new 2017 Tacoma dcsb off road. Went under truck today to change oil, so figured I would grease the 5 fittings while under there. To my surprise I could only find 2 on the front differential drive shaft. And nothing on the drive line like my 2010 had. Does anybody have any info on this. From what I understand the 2016 have the 5 fittings

 

I have a 17 rrd off road dbl cab and yep only 2. My mechanic says that it's going that way.

 

My 2017 SR5 4WD is the same way.. A lot of information here

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/check-your-u-joints.409042/page-51

 

Thanks braves95 wasn't sure

 

They removed the rear drive shaft u joint grease zerks? Thats a bummer

 

Here is a little more information on the subject..

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/no-zerks-on-2017-trdor.452558/

 

There are no zerks on the rear 2017 drive lines in any model. Only the front drive line has zerks and they are small, hidden, and hard to get to; only if you have 4x4

 

Yeah I can't find it.

 

Yeah, I was waiting a year to update that thread.
They've been delivered without since June/July sometime.
I wanted to make sure Toyota's switch was intentional.

 

Only two on mine, too.

 

That is a great thread. First post had the pics I was looking for. Thanks for this!!

 

Thanks for confirming. I could only find the 2, and thought I was going blind or something.

 

Anyting 2017 or newer, use sealed bearings in u-joints now so there's no need for greasing. For the transfer case propeller shaft why it needs greasing I have no clue.

 

They left the zerks on the front as the front shaft does not spin under power when in 2WD. The U-joints can suffer from sitting stationary.