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Todd W. White

22nd-series Kingpin Lubrication?

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I'm trying to find out the correct type of lubrication for my kingpins. I have read and read and read different posts about it, and some say use a very light grease, and others say use a heavy oil. I have looked in the Packard owners manual for my model, and it says to use pressurized grease, which I presume means use a grease gun, but it does not specify the weight or type. Elsewhere in this forum, someone mentioned using a high pressure oiler with a special tip to inject heavy oil into the Kingpins.

Can someone help me here? I don't want to wear out my kingpins, but I also don't want to use the wrong lubricant on them.

Thanks in advance.

Posted on: Today 8:36

Todd W. White
Sapulpa, Okla.
1949 2262 DeLuxe Eight Touring Sedan

Owen_Dyneto

Re: 22nd-series Kingpin Lubrication?

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Nothing more than a good quality chassis grease is needed, generally available in tubes to load into a grease gun. Its important of course to adhere to the lubrication interval.

Use of heavy oil for king pin lubrication was an early practice, I believe 1934 might have been the last year Packard recommended it and I continue to lube the king pins on my 1934 with heavy oil, ditto for the universals. When in doubt, follow the shop manual.

Posted on: Today 14:30

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