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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.

A good NLGI2 grade chassis lube is what you want. Comes in tubes for grease guns or tubs. Jack the car up and place on stands to keep weight off the suspension. The grease will work it's way around the joints better that way. Keep a Zerc kit handy for when one won't take grease or leak. Kits are available at parts stores. They contain an assortment of straight, forty-five, and ninety degree Zerc fittings. Be aware that a fitting that won't take grease might not be a Zerc. The fitting may not have taken grease for some time and the old grease may have turned to wax, so you may have to drill out
the wax grease behind the zerc or apply a little heat to melt that waxy old grease.
Suspensions always lube better when the vehicle weight is off the suspension components.
While vehicle weight is off the wheels, with tires in the air, you can check kingpins and bushings for wear (BEFORE greasing). Check the upper and lower outer pins and bushings, also. PB