A. installing the cross with the zerk fitting backwards will make it difficult, if not impossible, to lube the U-joint after the driveshaft is installed on the vehicle.
B. universal joint lubricant is NLGI #5, with an extreme pressure (EP) additive.
C. sometimes, universal joint cups are held in place with plastic material that is injected into a hole in the yoke.
D. usually galling will be found on a trunnion 180 degrees to brinelling.