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King Pins

Yahoo Message Number: 112899
I have a 2000 Intrigue Do you grease the King Pins on the front wheels Years ago at the seminars they said
don't grease just checking Thanks
Bob 2000 Intrigue

Re: King Pins

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Yahoo Message Number: 112901
Don't grease King Pins ? Why on earth would you not grease King Pins ?

That advice is total bogus. So the axle manufacture just installed zerk fittings so it looked pretty ?
coach 5851

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Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 112902

I had the same feeling. In reading the new way (I think) service bulletin they truly say the pins and such are sealed with an o ring. Greasing with a high power grease gun will blow out the o ring and allow dust in. I grease mine lightly until they don't take any grease, gently. Also we bought the coach used and it has been greased.

The grease fittings are for if you take it apart and grease it that way. I am a grease freak and thus I grease. To each his own? I think some is better than none, if o ring dries out dust will be getting in. At 17 years old I can't see it hurting anything.

Joe
2000 Allure #30476

Re: King Pins

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 112906
That's nuts! King pins need proper greasing at regular intervals. Proper greasing includes the right grease and raising the wheels off the ground to allow grease to penetrate the pins themselves the bearings are at each end and have jerk usually top and bottom, three pumps of a gun are normally what I do
Robert McClernon
2000 Intrigue
40 one slide cummins 375
 

Re: King Pins

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 112917
It is the suspension knuckles that are not to be greased, not the king pins.

The suspension knuckles have a grease fitting installed for the initial installation. If they are later over greased the o-rings will be blown out and leak. Holland considers this a life time lubrication.

This summer I inspected mine while replacing the tires. Sure enough, someone at some point in time greased them and they were leaking.

If you look in the files section of this group there a four pdf files that reference this.

Jim Hedlund
2000 Allure 30413