Rebuilding kingpins???

devilbrad · Post by **devilbrad** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:30 pm

Any how to articles or pics of doing a kingpin front end rebuild on these trucks?? I found my king pins pretty worn when I attempted the disc brake swap today and decided to just do it all. Parts sources?? Thanks!

Post by **CSS-Registry** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:13 pm

hey Brad,

there are two type available - bronze or nylon.

i bought a set of bronze bushings and pin kit from NAPA. it's been a while so i can't recall the price.

they are not hard to put in but you do need a special tool to fit the pin to the fresh bushings. the tool shaves a small amount of the bronze to fit the pin. i have the tool if you wanted to send me the spindles and kit and i can do them for you. or you could have a machine shop do them...

the nylon bushing don't last as long but are easier to install with no special tools.

Ben

MountainMoparRobin · Post by **MountainMoparRobin** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:49 pm

They are under $20.00

moparbob71 · Post by **moparbob71** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:24 pm

MountainMoparRobin wrote:They are under $20.00

Hey MMR! do you have the part number for these? I looked them up on the NAPA site and they are 50.00+
Thanks,bob

MountainMoparRobin · Post by **MountainMoparRobin** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:53 am

62Dodgedog does, he paid 19.95, send him a PM

TedWitt · Post by **TedWitt** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:39 pm

I'm wondering where to get the reem for reeming the bushings?

sireland67 · Post by **sireland67** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:12 pm

Any place that sells machine shop tools.
McMaster-Carr, MSC, Travers tools, Granger, etc. all sell online.
Buy your pins and mic them to size, then buy the approperate reamer.
If you want me to I can mic my new pins.
I just mic the new pins they are .875"

I bought my king pins at Advance auto, TRW brand $39.99, brass bushings but this was in 8-8-2003, still have not installed them yet.
Shawn

TedWitt · Post by **TedWitt** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:39 pm

Kool, I'll keep this for future reference, I had a friend that had a set of adjustable rheems, they would vary about .0075 I think.

Jones · Post by **Jones** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:26 pm

Ben,

Do you have picture of that king pin tool?

Keith

Post by **CSS-Registry** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:37 am

i don't have one of the tool i borrow from my dad but here's one i found using Google - http://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/member ... p_ream.jpg

D300 · Post by **D300** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:47 pm

Hi Brad,

I had a machine shop hone out the bushings. It's a much more precise than reaming. I was very impressed with the results.

Dan

twostick · Post by **twostick** » Sun Mar 02, 2008 3:05 pm

D300 wrote:Hi Brad,

I had a machine shop hone out the bushings. It's a much more precise than reaming. I was very impressed with the results.

Dan

Absolutely take them to a machine shop and have them honed. If you use an adjustable reem you will just have another set of loose kingpins in about 100 miles.

Kevin

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