Axles & King Pins

Posted by Roger Dean on May 10, 1998 at 08:54:54

I am redoing a front end and have discovered that the king pin holes at the ends of the axle are worn oversize. The old king pins were held in place with what looks like brass shims made especially for that purpose, but no one I can find knows anything about such shims. I'd really like to keep this axle since it is the car's original and it is straight. I've had a couple of suggestions for fixes.One is to have a machine shop true up the holes and sleeve them to the proper size (whatever that may be).The other is to have a machine shop enlarge the holes and press in spindle bolt bushings. Does anyone know if either of these alternatives is preferable, or if there is another fix I don't know about?Thanks.

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Re: Axles & King Pins Roger Dean May 16, 1998 at 16:59:13(0)
Re: Axles & King Pins Joel Rapose May 11, 1998 at 09:51:26(1)
Re: Axles & King Pins Joe May 11, 1998 at 13:06:58(0)
Re: Axles & King Pins Joe May 11, 1998 at 06:54:59(0)
Re: Axles & King Pins H. L. Chauvin May 10, 1998 at 17:05:25(5)
Re: Axles & King Pins Roger Dean May 12, 1998 at 07:30:09(1)
Re: Your Response H. L. Chauvin May 12, 1998 at 13:45:46(0)
Re: Axles & King Pins Mike Smith May 11, 1998 at 13:54:40(1)
Re: Axles & King Pins & Spindles H. L. Chauvin May 11, 1998 at 23:03:51(0)
Re: Axles & King Pins carla May 10, 1998 at 20:05:39(0)

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