King Pin Lube Spec

[erniecarpet@...]

It just amazes me what new material we keep learning from our members. Thats
what makes a great forum. Thank you all very much. Ernie-83PT40 in Texas


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[mbulriss]

Contrary to what we all thought to be correct, a member has sent in
the BB king pin lube spec from a 1983 blue box owner's manual. The
two pages have been loaded to a file for review. It seems to
contradict what was frequently discussed on the old forum and accepted
as fact; namely that you are supposed to lube the king pins with the
wheels off the ground. This documentation clearly says not to raise
the wheels off the ground. Has there been an update bulletin from
Rockwell since 1983 reversing the procedure? Very interesting.

Mike Bulriss
83 PT40 "Stagecoach" - for sale
91 PT40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX

[Mike Hohnstein]

Cynic that I am I submit a lawsuit resulted in the reversal of technique.
Somebody dropped something, and it wasn't good.
Mike Hohnstein
Germantown, WI
83FC35
----- Original Message -----
From: mbulriss
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:19 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] King Pin Lube Spec


Contrary to what we all thought to be correct, a member has sent in
the BB king pin lube spec from a 1983 blue box owner's manual. The
two pages have been loaded to a file for review. It seems to
contradict what was frequently discussed on the old forum and accepted
as fact; namely that you are supposed to lube the king pins with the
wheels off the ground. This documentation clearly says not to raise
the wheels off the ground. Has there been an update bulletin from
Rockwell since 1983 reversing the procedure? Very interesting.

Mike Bulriss
83 PT40 "Stagecoach" - for sale
91 PT40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX




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[Tom Warner]

Mike what do you think about lubing the kingpins? I was always told to take
the load off before greasing so the entire pin would get lube around it. I
have the factory manual in my coach and will bring it home later today. I
just lifted the wheel that I was lubing slightly off the ground with my 22
1/1 ton air/hydraulic floor jack. Interesting.

Tom
1982 FC35
Vernon Center,NY

At 07:27 PM 5/11/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Cynic that I am I submit a lawsuit resulted in the reversal of
>technique. Somebody dropped something, and it wasn't good.
>Mike Hohnstein
>Germantown, WI
>83FC35
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mbulriss
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 6:19 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] King Pin Lube Spec
>
>
> Contrary to what we all thought to be correct, a member has sent in
> the BB king pin lube spec from a 1983 blue box owner's manual. The
> two pages have been loaded to a file for review. It seems to
> contradict what was frequently discussed on the old forum and accepted
> as fact; namely that you are supposed to lube the king pins with the
> wheels off the ground. This documentation clearly says not to raise
> the wheels off the ground. Has there been an update bulletin from
> Rockwell since 1983 reversing the procedure? Very interesting.
>
> Mike Bulriss
> 83 PT40 "Stagecoach" - for sale
> 91 PT40 "Texas Minivan"
> San Antonio, TX