Re: Lubrication fittings

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2010/8/11 10:01:34

I'm not certain what was originally supplied on your car, others can answer that perhaps. But only a single upper grease fitting on king pins is quite common as they normally had a grease passage to allow the grease to pass thru to the lower bearings. Often replacement king pin kits had both upper and lower fittings and original equipment had only a single upper. If you only have one, continuing use of the grease gun should eventually show grease reaching the other end.

If your lower end cap on the pin assembly has an open hole where a grease fitting was once present, by all means install a new fitting. The come in a variety of styles ranging from "press in" types to several different threads, straight heads, angled and various angles, etc. A good service shop that deals with American cars should have an assortment to pick thru, otherwise just go to a place like Restoration Supply and order a couple of different styles and types if you can't identify the specific one you need. It's not uncommon on older cars to find some grease fittings plugged and not able to accept grease, so a small assortment of fittings might prove handy in the future, easier to replace than to remove and clean.