From: Ray Fougnier (rfougnier@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Mar 25 2004 - 14:15:26 PST
I was just under a 2005 E350 van that, instead of zerk fittings, had
plugs. Maybe everyone is going to a longer or no lube interval?
Ray
santoken@bright.net wrote:
>List,
>
>I'm in a situation where I need some unrelated lube order information. I have a customer that is having a problem with his customer. No matter...
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>Can anyone point me to any lube interval specs regarding any military vehicle that would've had a solid front axle with king pins?
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>I'm not sure there is such a vehicle in the US military fleet.
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>Basically, my customer reconditions front I-Beams. His biggest customer (a VERY large parcel handling company) has extended the lube of the king pins out to every 6 months in a procedure they call 'Flex PMI'...and it seems they want to go to 12 months. Yes, that's greasing the king pins once a year! Anyway, they are complaining that they axles aren't lasting long enough...surprise, surprise.
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>We will be meeting with 'Mr. Brown' in a couple weeks and we are preparing a huge amount of data to give to them regarding lube intervals.
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>We currently have lube specs from General Motors (the manufacturer), Chevron (The lube used) and I'm still looking for others. Currently, I'm waiting for information from SAE. I was just sitting here thinking about what the military would recommend and decided to drop a post to the list...given all the knowledge here.
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>Please don't respond with 'Try this type of grease,' or 'Use autolubers,' etc. I just need some lube interval info from the US Government regarding kingpins in front steer axles.
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>Thanks a bunch,
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>Kent
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