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Originally Posted by John V6
41k on Devol bushes so far but I expect they will need changing soon


John, you must be one of the only S1's still on Devol, 'orrible things, somewhere I've got an old kingpin which I saved to show how the bushes trap fine grit then swell in damp weather and grind away the kingpin on its loaded side - nasty


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Well they might have been changed before I bought it at 9k but I doubt it.
When I bought it I had gaiters fitted to the top & bottom springs.


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My 85 +8 has had it`s king pins and bronze bushes replaced at 33k miles, though bought stainless king pins and stuck with bronze for the replacements, the king pins did not seem badly worn showing signs of corrosion at the location of the rebound spring, and scuffing in the area of the top bush... the bushes were worn and took a fair bit of effort to remove them in a 20 ton press.
Think I have a pic of the old king pin if anyone is interested.

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Can I add that the lower gaiters were swopped from my +4 & were Mrs DWs best product.


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Originally Posted by Gambalunga
Originally Posted by Richard Wood
More difficult with a flex hose I agree but you need to move the locked on grease head sideways until it reaches the limit of movement determined by shape of grease nipple. Further pressure sideways will allow leverage and it will/should suddenly drop off. Much easier when grease head attached to solid pipe. Trying to pull off straight will generally not work!

A good tip Richard. I did a bit of searching and found this. I just might try it in the morning.



Originally Posted by britmog
Always tilt and twist even when greasing your nipples!!!


That is definitely the answer. I was so impressed at the ease of removal when I tried it that I made a little video.



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Great thanks for that Peter I use the same small gun and had the same issue, the Alemlube coupler is the G coupler from South Africa I checked them out here.


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Thanks for sharing the videos on undoing the grease gun.

I made the first greasing yestardy. I managed to do without liftig the car - despite babydoll.
Pressol gun.

[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/in/datetaken-public/[/img]

[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/[/img]

[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/[/img]

[img]http://flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/[/img]


Still struggling with embedding Pictures into post.

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Easier to just jack wheels off ground. You can then easily turn them on to full lock one way then the other to advantage access to nipples. You can also feel how stiff steering is before/after smile

BTW you need proper picture url's for them to display. You should be able to choose your picture on Flickr, then select share, then copy BBCode option and paste into post.


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greasing 2
by Werni Wehrli, on Flickr

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greasing 1
by Werni Wehrli, on Flickr



Originally Posted by SwissMogFan
Thanks for sharing the videos on undoing the grease gun.

I made the first greasing yestardy. I managed to do without liftig the car - despite babydoll.
Pressol gun.

[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/in/datetaken-public/[/img]

[img]https://www.flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/[/img]

[img]http://www.flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/[/img]

[img]http://flickr.com/photos/183155795@N04/48535692677/[/img]


Still struggling with embedding Pictures into post.

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