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Old 05-25-2022, 01:53 PM   #1
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Maintenance - Lubrication

Rarely do we get instant feedback on maintenance tasks when we perform them on our buses. When we change engine oil and trans fluid we don't necessarily see a huge difference in the way the bus runs even knowing it's the most important maintenance task we can perform.

Over the weekend I was working on the bus and got into the rear door, probably for the millionth time since I've owned the bus and I thought, "I'm tired of fighting this door handle, it shouldn't be this hard to turn." So I walked to the shed and dug out my can of Wurth spray-on synthetic high pressure grease and generously sprayed it into every crack and crevice of that handle and latch. I thought it would help but was unprepared for the result I got. The handle is almost effortless to operate now compared to the struggle it used to require.

After that result I figured I should do the same to the front door, which I did, and got the same result, much easier to open and close. Oh, and also, less wear due to that nice film of grease between metal parts.

A lot of you know this but perhaps this may a timely message to others. Our buses have grease fittings all over the underside; suspension joints, drive shaft universal joints, king pins to name three major ones. I wouldn't be surprised if there were, depending on the year of the bus, a couple dozen or more grease fittings requiring periodic applications of grease. Neglect them and you'll shorten the life of the components. It ain't rocket science to use a grease gun on each one of them and, if you have a medium duty bus, you can easily crawl under (parking brake set and chocks placed) using a tarp for comfort.

There's a lot of stuff a non-mechanic can do on his/her bus that will make a difference, not take much time and not require the ability to lift a lot of weight.

Just sayin'.

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Old 05-25-2022, 03:38 PM   #2
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Great post. One of the first things we did was grease every zerk in existence. Also provided an opportunity to inspect the condition of every component we were greasing. It will be part of our annual maintenance once on the road.
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