68 K20 sitting for 24 years.Dana 44 questions

[mike16]

My 68K20 sat for about 24 years. Closed knuckle hubs were dry as my humor. I been splashing grease and lube all over it. the front hubs are probably dry too. Can I pull the selector hubs off and pump some grease in ther to save it from a dry start up. It only has 13k miles on it and I dont want to ruin it if a little grease will save it from a dry roll out.

nect question.... can I just un bolt the six bolts holding the selelctor hups on pull them off and squirt some grease in there? or will springs and small parts fly away.

other solutions to avoid a dry srart.

[special-K]

You don't really want grease in that area. You want to pull the outer part of the lock out hub off (6 bolts), then the snap ring on end of axle to pull the rest off. In beyond there is where grease goes for the bearings/axles/spindle. The lock out hubs need to be kept clean and oiled. Grease can make them hard to turn. All you are lubing is the action in the hub when you turn them, they are not involved in the wheel rotation