Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:57:24 +0000
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From:         den jolliffe <sondancer77@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: grease beam
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 Most critical is the center steering bushings and pin...it is held in place with a formed metal plate that is prone to rust causing loss of steering...
Wire brush it on the outside, and in the pocket where the center grease nipple lives, then wash it off and look for rust...service that then grease it until grease comes out BOTH ENDS of the pin assembly...between the center pin and 4 other grease nipples I have actually used a full tube of grease on busases that don't get annual service in this area.
Check the ball joint rubber boots while you are there...it is possible to grease those and the tie rod boots if the boots are not torn.
Regards, another Dennis, near Toronto Canada.    On Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 06:35:28 p.m. EDT, Stan Shapiro <mail@stanshapiro.com> wrote:  
 
 I am going to grease my front beam/torsion bars with a general all purpose
Lithium grease.  Should I use a product that has Moly, too?



77 Baywindow.



Thanks

Ss

This whole quarantine time is giving me time to  learn some basic repairs
that I should have been doing by myself for a long, long time.