replacing the oiler inlet with a grease nipple sounds a great way forward, I'm still young enough to crawl under so I wouldn't want anything remote. How difficult is it to do this?
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I removed the one-shot oiling system about 10 years ago when I fitted my hard chrome king pins. I didn't bother to fit a top grease nipple, I couldn't see the point, it's the bottom grease nipple that is needed to get the grease where it's needed. Since then I have done 40k miles or so. The MOT tester has never mentioned wear, and when we stripped the suspension to fit the Suplex kit a couple of years ago it all seemed tickety-boo.
If you don't have hardchrome pins, then it's probably worth coming up with a top-oiling arrangement, but my experience with hardchromes suggests it's not necessary. YMMV of course.
