Dave,
To correctly grease the bogy pins you must jack up the bogy to take the
load off the pins. If your just trying to pump grease into the zerk
fittings with out unloading the pins you are getting very little grease
into the pin and asking for a early failure of the pins. GMC News
December 1995, number 6, page 8 gives the correct procedure to grease
your axle pins. It also helps to have somebody help you raise and lower
the axle with a shovel with the bags deflated. Unloading the pins
allows the grease into area that are normally under load and would not
accept the grease.
J.R. Wright
GMC GreatLakers
77 Eleganza II
Michigan
>
> Netters,
>
> Has anyone installed an automatic greaser for the boogie pins? What I want to
> do is use less grease but more often to protect my investment back there.
> There are complete automatic onboard systems available but are pricey. The
> heart of those systems are the distribution blocks which meter out a small
> amount of grease for 2 to 8 lube points. It is sequential so each point gets
> a dab of grease on each cycle.
>
> This is what I am thinking of doing. Buy a 4 point dist. block ($75) and run
> lines to the boogie pins (fittings replace the zerks). Then purchase an air
> powered hand held grease gun available for around $25 from Harbor Freight or
> one of those catalogs. This feeds the distribution block by direct connection
> also. Rig the trigger to always be on. In the air supply line mount a
> solenoid ($30) to turn the air on and off electronically and thus control
> grease flow. Then find a place to mount it all. I imagine pushing a button at
> each fuel stop to supply a minute amount of grease to each lube point. No
> fuss, muss or dirty hands. The distribution block has a pin that cycles in
> and out to indicate a complete cycle. If one wanted to get fancy, a momentary
> switch could be mounted so the pin would trip it and light an indicator lamp.
> Then it could all be dash mounted and grease could be applied while going
> down the road. Just hold the button until the light comes on and back off to
> indicate a complete cycle and grease to each boogie. Of course a timer could
> be implemented so the cycles can be totally automated whenever the engine is
> running. But then a complete system could be had for $300 - $400. Like
> everything else with the GMC.....WHERE DO YOU STOP!
>
> I have a price from Memolube http://www.lube.com/ml_pg1.htm for the 4
> pt. dist. block for $75.
>
> The systems geared toward the trucking industry are almost too big for this
> application. Other system, like Memolube, are geared toward industrial
> machinery and may be better sized for the GMC.
>
> http://www.internetmedia.com.au/perma/lubricat.htm
> http://www.groeneveldusa.com/index.html
> http://www.midwestlube.com/prod4.html
> http://www.tribo.co.za/
>
> If anyone has done something like this I would be very interested in hearing
> from you.
> Any opinions? Am I going overboard? Any input from this net has been sound
> advice.
>
> Dave Meekhof
> 73 GoBus 230
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To correctly grease the bogy pins you must jack up the bogy to take the
load off the pins. If your just trying to pump grease into the zerk
fittings with out unloading the pins you are getting very little grease
into the pin and asking for a early failure of the pins. GMC News
December 1995, number 6, page 8 gives the correct procedure to grease
your axle pins. It also helps to have somebody help you raise and lower
the axle with a shovel with the bags deflated. Unloading the pins
allows the grease into area that are normally under load and would not
accept the grease.
J.R. Wright
GMC GreatLakers
77 Eleganza II
Michigan
>
> Netters,
>
> Has anyone installed an automatic greaser for the boogie pins? What I want to
> do is use less grease but more often to protect my investment back there.
> There are complete automatic onboard systems available but are pricey. The
> heart of those systems are the distribution blocks which meter out a small
> amount of grease for 2 to 8 lube points. It is sequential so each point gets
> a dab of grease on each cycle.
>
> This is what I am thinking of doing. Buy a 4 point dist. block ($75) and run
> lines to the boogie pins (fittings replace the zerks). Then purchase an air
> powered hand held grease gun available for around $25 from Harbor Freight or
> one of those catalogs. This feeds the distribution block by direct connection
> also. Rig the trigger to always be on. In the air supply line mount a
> solenoid ($30) to turn the air on and off electronically and thus control
> grease flow. Then find a place to mount it all. I imagine pushing a button at
> each fuel stop to supply a minute amount of grease to each lube point. No
> fuss, muss or dirty hands. The distribution block has a pin that cycles in
> and out to indicate a complete cycle. If one wanted to get fancy, a momentary
> switch could be mounted so the pin would trip it and light an indicator lamp.
> Then it could all be dash mounted and grease could be applied while going
> down the road. Just hold the button until the light comes on and back off to
> indicate a complete cycle and grease to each boogie. Of course a timer could
> be implemented so the cycles can be totally automated whenever the engine is
> running. But then a complete system could be had for $300 - $400. Like
> everything else with the GMC.....WHERE DO YOU STOP!
>
> I have a price from Memolube http://www.lube.com/ml_pg1.htm for the 4
> pt. dist. block for $75.
>
> The systems geared toward the trucking industry are almost too big for this
> application. Other system, like Memolube, are geared toward industrial
> machinery and may be better sized for the GMC.
>
> http://www.internetmedia.com.au/perma/lubricat.htm
> http://www.groeneveldusa.com/index.html
> http://www.midwestlube.com/prod4.html
> http://www.tribo.co.za/
>
> If anyone has done something like this I would be very interested in hearing
> from you.
> Any opinions? Am I going overboard? Any input from this net has been sound
> advice.
>
> Dave Meekhof
> 73 GoBus 230
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