how often should the chassis be lubed?

[anon125]

ours was lubed (we hope) in 2014. did a 3500 mile trip to socal and back, had the engine serviced then parked it in a barn till now.
thanks all

[anon125]

Thanks for your input

[cwit]

Grease is more important than oil. If you ever get a frozen kingpin you will believe this. I do mine about 3,000 miles or twice per oil change, witch is at 6,000 miles.

[anon125]

thanks
ford does not reply. no surprise there!

[Dutch_12078]

anon125 wrote:
Thanks everyone.
Now we need a chart to show the independent mechanic where they are for a 2006 ford chassis!

These might help...

[BrianinMichigan]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:



Chassis lubing is soooooo.......YESTERDAY

Obsolete like doing a convergence on a color tv set

Almagard 3752 is to grease what DeOXIT D100L is to electronics cleaners.

Or Woolrich clothing is to Wal-Mart rags...

I pack bearings, After 10 years 100k miles they look like they were done yesterday. Same for ball joints, tie rod ends, driveshafts, etc.

I still have my color bar generator and my Sencor VA48 analyzer along with my Heathkit VTVM:B

[anon125]

Thanks everyone.
Now we need a chart to show the independent mechanic where they are for a 2006 ford chassis!

[SidecarFlip]

Might be yesterday but yesterday lasts a long time. Today with plastic inserts and a dab of grease equals premature failure. Roads are worse, suspensions take a pounding, alemite fittings and quality teflon based synthetic grease is the recipe for longevity.

I have 23 fittings on my F350 pickup underneath. All get greased every oil change.

[BarabooBob]

If the chassis has grease fittings, they should be lubed at every oil change. Use a high quality grease and put in just enough to get the rubber boots to plump up just a little bit. Do NOT put in so much grease that you can see it come out around the boots. The boots are suppose to be a pressure system that pushes the grease back into the joint.

[wildtoad]

Yes chassis lubing is yesterday technology for most vehicles. Unfortunately not so for Ford F53 based RVs. There are 10 fittings (I think).

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Chassis lubing is soooooo.......YESTERDAY

Obsolete like doing a convergence on a color tv set

Almagard 3752 is to grease what DeOXIT D100L is to electronics cleaners.

Or Woolrich clothing is to Wal-Mart rags...

I pack bearings, After 10 years 100k miles they look like they were done yesterday. Same for ball joints, tie rod ends, driveshafts, etc.

[IB853347201]

Ours is a 2010 Itasca Suncruiser. According to the manual the chassis lube is due at every oil change. Also the PowerGear levelers require lubing at the same interval.

[wildtoad]

You should get it done now if it’s been stored for 5 years. I would think under normal use once a year should be fine.