Yeah, the steering shouldn't be that hard. As mentioned in the article I
found some severe binding in the kingpin, nothing physically wrong but just
unable to grease inside the housing. I pulled the zirks, used brake cleaner
I believe it was and flushed the old grease out after digging out the
crusty stuff. After services, man what a difference in the steering this
made... The ball type bearing were good in the old days, but if you've put
wider tires on the front the tapered bearing will help distribute the load
better and cause less wandering on the road. --wayne
At 09:34 PM 12/26/2005, Bob KNOTTS wrote:
>Checking around, I've been told that my 56 GMC 1/2 ton shouldn't need two
>men and a boy to turn it. How abt the tapered bearing conversion? That
>also seems desirable.
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