Re: Urgent Online Advice Needed; re, King Pins..

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/8/24 8:45:51

Brian - enlarge and then take a good look at the picture I posted from the parts manual. It looks to me like the "plug" at the top where the oil filler plug is located and which ends at the top with a hex for a wrench, unscrews from the knuckle after which the top bearing can be removed. Then it appears that the knuckle can just drop down and off.

I feel a bit sorry for Irish, all that work just for prior negligence in lubrication. Looking again at the picture you can see the small passages for the oil flow to the upper and lower bearings and that, plus the oil reservoir at the top show why they wanted the pins oiled with heavy oil and not grease. Common error in maintaining these cars, and ditto for the universal joints.