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| | | | Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 899 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 899 | Is the best way to grease fittings (spring shackles, king pins, drag link, etc) by putting the truck on jack stands to take weight off the joint? Or does it matter?
Ed
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,275 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,275 | Kingpins yes. They are tight. The rest are petty loose and grease passes through pretty easily.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | ...and if you happen to have a helper around it sometimes will be nice to have them push up and down on the front or read as well as have them turn the wheels on the front with it jacked up. "A little bit of sugar helps the medicine go down". | | | | | Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 311 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 311 | I like to jack up the end I am working on to relieve the pressure, grease the fittings, then I lower it and grease the fittings again.
I also love my Dewalt power grease gun..
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