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Re: [oletrucks] Worn kingpins

To: TORODRVR@aol.com
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Worn kingpins
From: Thomas Allen <thomasa@halcyon.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 14:19:16 -0700

Sounds to me like a problem in the power steering gear.

-Tom Allen 
51 3800


At 02:40 PM 9/8/99 -0400, TORODRVR@aol.com wrote:
>Just a question for the other oletruckers still running original front ends. 
>If your kingpins (or just one of them) get too worn, does it make the 
>steering "notchy"? I've noticed that the left kingpin on my '48 was pretty 
>loose, but it drove great until now. I recently noticed a slight detent 
>feeling in the steering that was not there before. I've put over 17,000
miles 
>on the truck since I rebuilt the springs and installed a GSPP power steering 
>kit. Also non-stock are the disc brakes. I know it's time to re-new the 
>kingpins, but I'd like to know if I should be looking for anything else. The 
>wheels turn smoothly from lock to lock with the front axle up on jacks.
>
>Mike Jensen
>'48 Chevrolet 1/2 ton 5-window
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> 
Tom Allen
Seattle, WA
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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