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
>
>
> On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 11:46:57 -0400 Joseph Cianciotti
> <jmc987@earthlink.net> writes:
>> Instead of jacking up the front of the car, I slid
>> underneath. It was tighter than usual. But the job was just as easy.
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