as a front end big rig mechanic for 20 yrs, another KEY element besides jacking up the front end is to turn the wheel all the way to the left, grease it; all the way to the right, grease it and then straight ahead and grease it....there are grooves on the bushings that the kingpin turn in and by turning the wheel to the extremes, the grease will hit all sides of the king pin and force out all the old grease...it uses a bit more grease to do the job but it gets grease all around the pins.....believe me, i have installed hundreds of kingpins and when they cam back after a year or two, the biggest cause of failure of the bushings/pins was lack of lubrication all around the whole pin....also by turning the wheels in and out, the lower bearing gets grease all around/inside it to make that last many yrs
Thank you very much for that info... Iam defenetly do for greasing my truck and you just add out more useful tips God bless!!! You know I do my work on my truck but small not to hard mechanic work...i do want to learn more like I haven't change my air compressor I think is bad cause is spitting oil residue into my fuel filter clear bowl through a small valve on top of the head. I haven't change tires, wheel hub ,she cooler, water pump ECT. But eventually I will with the grace and wizdom of God and people like yourself that share nice tips for those truckers that like to Save money 💰
hey question on my food truck we isolated the steering and turned the wheels by just the kingpins very very hard to turn not frozen yet but very hard and thats how it is driving it, hard to turn and jerks from side to side, could i grease the kingpins and free them up a bit or just replace?
When you grease the pins and it forces out the old grease, us that grease brown or rusty?...if it is the color of new grease, at least you know the grease is getting to the bushings...if it is nasty, you can force out all the crap and just keep working the pin...if you disconnect the tie rod tube you can confirm it is that side that is sticking and on the driver side, disconnect the drag link...then you can tell which side is sticking worse...all of this is done while the wheels are off the ground....if it takes grease on top and bottom of pin, you can keep working it and if the pins are still good, it should get better steering...if grease does not come out of both sides, the pin is probably bad
Hey man...thank you for this. There are a lot of things that trucking school doesn’t teach you about. This being one of them. Your just taught how to back and drive them....
you.need to jack up anything with king pins to properly grease them otherwise the grease gun can't produce enough pressure to force the grease up and around the pin when weight is on them it will just push the grease thru on the easiest way thru if at all this especially goes for semis and big trucks
I use an auto greasing system. Greases the kingpins while truck is driving down the road. Never had to replace a set of kingpins and truck is 9 years old now.
the one im looking at is a 96 with the 444e. think it should be lots of truck for what i need here cant really go wrong with IH I dont think. i have watched a couple more of your how to videos thanks a lot for sharing
Outstanding tip .I am having trouble with a small Kenworth T370 now...the power steering is fluctuating...like "it works, then stops working"...I wonder if the King Pins are the trouble? either that or the power steering unit itself.
when I started working on vehicles in 60s you always had to jack the vehicle up to slow grease to get in that was my point which is coming sense anybody that does not no this should stick to washing the dishes
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as a front end big rig mechanic for 20 yrs, another KEY element besides jacking up the front end is to turn the wheel all the way to the left, grease it; all the way to the right, grease it and then straight ahead and grease it....there are grooves on the bushings that the kingpin turn in and by turning the wheel to the extremes, the grease will hit all sides of the king pin and force out all the old grease...it uses a bit more grease to do the job but it gets grease all around the pins.....believe me, i have installed hundreds of kingpins and when they cam back after a year or two, the biggest cause of failure of the bushings/pins was lack of lubrication all around the whole pin....also by turning the wheels in and out, the lower bearing gets grease all around/inside it to make that last many yrs
Thank you for sharing I will add that to my greasing routine!
Thank you very much for that info... Iam defenetly do for greasing my truck and you just add out more useful tips God bless!!! You know I do my work on my truck but small not to hard mechanic work...i do want to learn more like I haven't change my air compressor I think is bad cause is spitting oil residue into my fuel filter clear bowl through a small valve on top of the head. I haven't change tires, wheel hub ,she cooler, water pump ECT. But eventually I will with the grace and wizdom of God and people like yourself that share nice tips for those truckers that like to Save money 💰
hey question on my food truck we isolated the steering and turned the wheels by just the kingpins very very hard to turn not frozen yet but very hard and thats how it is driving it, hard to turn and jerks from side to side, could i grease the kingpins and free them up a bit or just replace?
When you grease the pins and it forces out the old grease, us that grease brown or rusty?...if it is the color of new grease, at least you know the grease is getting to the bushings...if it is nasty, you can force out all the crap and just keep working the pin...if you disconnect the tie rod tube you can confirm it is that side that is sticking and on the driver side, disconnect the drag link...then you can tell which side is sticking worse...all of this is done while the wheels are off the ground....if it takes grease on top and bottom of pin, you can keep working it and if the pins are still good, it should get better steering...if grease does not come out of both sides, the pin is probably bad
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Hey man...thank you for this. There are a lot of things that trucking school doesn’t teach you about. This being one of them. Your just taught how to back and drive them....
Interesting mechanic @ work/ today am replacing king pin hono truck
It’s not what I’m looking for but watched it anyways. Makes sense, good advice
you.need to jack up anything with king pins to properly grease them otherwise the grease gun can't produce enough pressure to force the grease up and around the pin when weight is on them it will just push the grease thru on the easiest way thru if at all this especially goes for semis and big trucks
Learned this the easy way, from my uncle.
not true. man axles are greased with weight on wheels and you must grease the top first. if you grease bottom first top might not take grease
U got to turn the wheel back and fourth wheel u do this
Good tip Sir Excellent Video
I use an auto greasing system. Greases the kingpins while truck is driving down the road. Never had to replace a set of kingpins and truck is 9 years old now.
Does that come with the truck or can you buy one?
I got the dealer to put it on. Bit of an extra cost, but well worth it imo.
thanks for sharing this. im looking at a 4700 cab and chassis for the farm. what do you think of the truck
the one im looking at is a 96 with the 444e. think it should be lots of truck for what i need here cant really go wrong with IH I dont think. i have watched a couple more of your how to videos thanks a lot for sharing
Make sense I guess if you Jack the wheel up The king pen is not Jammed up inside of there allowing the Grease to penetrate around The pen
weird video to requtes this but could you show how to prune a Japanese umbrella pine
do you tow much with it? like skid steers or excavators?
Outstanding tip .I am having trouble with a small Kenworth T370 now...the power steering is fluctuating...like "it works, then stops working"...I wonder if the King Pins are the trouble? either that or the power steering unit itself.
Thanks a lot, that was really good info.
any PM techs?
Great video
Awesome thanks for the reply. Maybe a video of a shop tour. All tools trucks (even the green dodge ram)
Thanks for making this Video :)
You make the best vids. Always great info
I'll show this video to the wife. I just don't think she will be thrilled to do this job.
great advice thanks
Fantastic. Thank you!
Thanks I was so lost
nice video
Rotate the steering wheel then regrade!
when I started working on vehicles in 60s you always had to jack the vehicle up to slow grease to get in that was my point which is coming sense anybody that does not no this should stick to washing the dishes
Thats a nice truck!
thanks
Nat
Nice
common sense about jacking vehicle up its how to change kingpins on ldv pilot that I want to no thanks the jocky
this doesn't have anything to do with common sense