So I used to go to Jiffy lube to get routine maintenance done, but for the past year I've been doing everything myself. I was looking through some old Jiffy lube receipts, and I noticed that they would lubricate the chassis if necessary. My question is what exactly should I be lubricating on the chassis? What type of lubricant should I be using-some type of grease, Wd-40, etc.?

 

On some cars on the Ball Joints and Tie Rod ends there are greese fittings to put more greese in the ball joints and tie rods, most cars now do not have these fittings.

 

all hondas and toyotas dont need to be lubricated.

 

ok cool

 

yea hondas and toyota's chassis doesnt have the thing that the grease gun would go to. on domestic cars, they have it and it s greased about 15k miles per intervial.

 

You may also want to oil up your bushings on your suspension. They are rubber and will degrade over time. Rubber is petroleum based and need oil. My '95 Odyssey has bushings that have degraded slightly because I neglected them. I found out when it started squeaking on cold wintery days.

Just get an oil squirter can and fill with engine oil.

 

thanks. I appreciate all the replies

 

yeah, and stop going to jiffy lube, they use crappy oil filters, you should always use a OEM Honda filter.

 

if you look at the first post, you would see that i'm way ahead of you. I'm trying to do everything myself.

 

I wouldnt say you were way ahead of me if youve been doing things yourself for only a year...