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Subject:Re: 1/2 hr to bliss...Lube It..
From:Allan Streib
Date:Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:55:11 -0400

Kingpins?

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:35 -0400, "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:
> Hey, I just spent some quality time with my spray lube and hit all the
> suspension bushings, kingpins, shift linkage and parking brake stuff
> under my '84.  What a difference that makes.  The van now steers
> wonderfully and shifts 'slicker than deer guts on a door knob..'  I
> used Wurth saBesto HHS 2000, a professional high temp sticky lube. Now
> someone will probably say..."Oh don't do that, it'll eat the bushings"
> or something, but I've done this occaiaionally a few times per year
> for a couple of years now with no adverse effects.  While I was under,
> I checked the spare tire pressure and did a general visual inspection
> of the fuel lines, etc.  And I lubed all the moving stuff inside and
> around the body of the van, too.  Give your van a treat and it'll
> reward you by behaving very nicely, indeed.  Don Hanson
>