[77newell]

Changing HCVs every year strikes me as rather radical. The 77 coach that I used to own still has the original HCVs, that is a couple years short of 40 years old. I changed the ones on my 93 because they had the plastic body and I wrongly suspected the left rear one of leaking. The ones from King look almost identical to the ones on the 77 coach, if they are similar, the coach will qualify for Social Security before they retire.

My King HCVs were delivered with a 90 degree bent rod in place of the P-rod, so I suspect Richard's P-rod was original and the bent rod was removed and the hole enlarged to fit the bolt through the P-rod. That is what I did with mine, and now I'm regretting having done so since I will worry about them until I replace the P-rod even though as I stated above I took actions that I believe probably eliminates the cause of breakage.