so how often does everyone grease their bushings if at all? i do ALMOST every oil change. every few i may let it go. i changed the oil on my 93 5.0 yesterday, and my buddy was changing his oil on his f250, and we were at his house. i already had my oil, and the filter, and so did he, but i asked him if he had any grease, and he said he didn't, but we could ride up the street to the auto store, and buy some. he said this was the first time he's done his in over a year, and said it had been almost 15k miles. for some reason i have had front end components go on most of my vehicles. sometimes with fairly low mileage as well. he said my control arms, and ball joints looked blown out. i know they're deteriorated looking, but they're still working. his opinion was i could probably get a few more years out of them. same with the universal joints. with just about 114k miles the control arms, and ball joints in the front are original. so are the universal joints, and the rear other than the rear arms. i broke a tie rod at about 48k miles on this car, and i've still got the one i replaced. greased it every oil change[6k miles] and still it went. i did get airborne, and hit a pothole pretty hard, so that explains it. so how often does everyone do it? just curious. any stories about wheels falling off, or breaking a tie rod, or a ball joint letting loose would be great too.

 

Too many people never do it at all, and the suspension parts wear out prematurely causing slop in the steering. But also, pumping too much grease into the grease boots can cause them to burst, allowing dirt to get into the joints which will wear out prematurely as well.
I am thinking that once a year is good, and only pump grease in until you see the boot begin to swell, then stop.