King pins bad?

[cadillackid]

One thing we don’t see a lot of talk about on the forum is chassis lube, lots of topics about oil changes and trans fluid, even more about coolant .

Greasing the king pins is a reallly important item.. the number of busses I’ve seen where the top zerk is not even visible is scary indicating it’s not been touched in ages.. king pins are prone to a lot of dirt being where they are located , dirt inside the king pin bushing acts like a grinder and will eat through the soft bushing and into the knuckle itself wallowing it out.

[dbsoundman]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

One thing we don’t see a lot of talk about on the forum is chassis lube, lots of topics about oil changes and trans fluid, even more about coolant .

Greasing the king pins is a reallly important item.. the number of busses I’ve seen where the top zerk is not even visible is scary indicating it’s not been touched in ages.. king pins are prone to a lot of dirt being where they are located , dirt inside the king pin bushing acts like a grinder and will eat through the soft bushing and into the knuckle itself wallowing it out.

I would love a thread on chassis greasing, it seems super daunting to me to find all the grease zerks. I have some ideas of where to look but I've also looked before and not been able to find them where they should be.