It's pretty easy to put real grease fittings in the upper and lower ball
joints and in the tie rod ends.  A squirt or two of grease every 6 months
might keep you from doing the front end rebuild again for quite a few
years.  I used Lemforder parts available from NAPA when I did this about
two years ago.  When I removed the old upper ball joint during this
rebuild I found rust in the less than three year old part.  I hope the
grease fittings will prevent this from happening again.  A Google search
will show you how to install the grease fittings.

Now, the weak link is the upper control arm bushings.  I guess I'll just
have to spring for one of the improved parts now available.

Ed