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Regarding king pin wear - the stub axle bit that goes up and down wears the pin most where it sits most of the time. The two ends of the pin don't get rubbed by the bushes so much so don't wear as much as the section that see the action. In the ideal world it would be the bushes that wear but it seems the actual pin does as well. Trouble comes when the car is jacked up and you check for wear - if the stub axle has moved away from its normal sitting position to a relatively unworn bit of kingpin the wear won't be so obvious. Ideally need checking at ride height on a play detector rig like at MOT time. I imagine a car with worn kingpins/bushes would be sloppy in the steering/handling but don't know.


I have greased mine at least every 500 miles - often more like every 250 miles from new. At 7500miles the kingpins were stripped while Wolf performance gaitors/bearings were fitted which allowed inspection of the kingpins for wear. Not knackered but some minor wear was measured - based on which Cain reckoned they would need changing by the time 20K was covered - less if I reduced my frequent nipple attentions! I reckon 20K isn't a disaster really as the job is straight-forward and can-be budgeted for - once done with hard chrome pins I guess it'll last longer too.

BHM Keith told me not to overdo the top ones - max 4-5 pumps I think he said or you risk over-filling and removing suspension travel.

I managed 25,000 miles on my 2014 4/4 before changing king pins..also done by Cain.

I got used to greasing every 500 miles.

It is not unknown for oe king pins to be worn at 10,000 if not well greased I am told.

Just got a couple of questions regarding Grease and the Wanner gun

Uh wanner wanner wanner huh!

Tell me more, tell me more
Does the nozzle go very far?
Tell me more, tell me more
Like is it good for your car?
Uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh

A little late, but what the hell....:

It's the one you should want
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it's the one you should want
Uh-huh-huu
It's all you need
Oh, yes indeed
It's the one you should want....

Better late than never

It wasn't exactly grease lightning, was it?