Hello everybody. My 1979 F150 Two Wheel Drive squeaks when I turn the wheel. It is not the power steering, I know that sound. I replaced the driver side inner/outer tie rods and it persists. I greased every zerg I could find, but there is one which will not accept any grease. Driver side front, back of the wheel assembly, towards the front of the truck, looks like it might be kingpin, runs right through the end of the IBeam, but I am not real familiar with the parts. I don't know if that dried up, won't accept grease, and now squeaks, or if it is something else. Does that seem likely? Also, I was told that if the kingpin is what's squeaking and needs to be replaced, it would require shop machinery, a press of some kind. Advice? Thank you.

 

Yep.. could be a kingpin. Btw, each spindle has zerks on top and bottom. And just so you know, the zerks can be unscrewed and replaced.

Kingpins need not be pressed in but they are a very precise fit. Replacing them and their metal bushing sleeves does require machine shop services.

 

Thank you Silver. Managed to get a bit of grease into the kingpin bushings, top and bottom. Local repair shop mechanic did a once over and thought it might be the brakes shifting around a hair, or maybe that there is a fitting that needs grease near the top of the pitman arm. Will have to inspect it a bit closer.