Joseph,
Well, now that you ask, I really don't know. Ever since I grew large
enough to lift a grease gun I've always lifted the weight of the car off
the suspension, wiped the fittings, then greased them, swung the front
wheels from one side to the other and squirted grease again. But is it
necessary to lift? I would think that there would be different clearances
from when the suspension was loaded, thus making spaces for grease to
squeeze in, but I really can't say that is true. Cars that have a
self-lubrication system were lubricated with weight on their wheels,
certainly.
Bob
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 19:13:36 -0400 Joseph Cianciotti
<jmc987@earthlink.net> writes:
> Is it necessary to jack the front of the car to grease the kingpins?
> I've always done it with the car on jack stands just because it was
> easier to reach the fittings. But I was able to slide myself
> underneath
> and grease everything (even the u-joint). None of my reference books
> say whether the car should be up or down. Thanks in advance,
>
> Joseph
> 67 MGB Roadster
>
>
> On Monday, September 1, 2003, at 06:22 AM, Bob Howard wrote:
>
> > Joe,
> > I made up some ramps for my MGB jobs, using 2x8 wood scraps.
> They are made of three pieces, 36" at bottom 24 middle and 16 on top,
> with the edges of the slope bevelled roughly 45 degrees. For oil
changes,
> I set these things at the tires and just back up onto them. The
> store-bought ramps are too tall and too hard to get the car to climb,
but these
> wood things work fine for my needs.
> > That gives enough clearance to slide under and grease the
> fittings on the driveshaft if they are facing downward. Greasing the
front
> > suspension still means jacking up the car, unfortunately.
> > Bob
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