Have fun Bob. I just replaced mine and the driver's side was a
real &^$%# to get out. Now that I'm done, I'm real happy with
the results.
I used:
a half can of Liquid Wrench over night - didn't help
heat from a propane torch - didn't help
2 pound hammer swung with 1 hand while the other
hand held a brass drift - didn't help
8 pound hammer swung with 1 hand while the other
hand held a brass drift - moved the pin
about 1/8"
Tricks that did help:
You MUST support the axle directly under the kingpin.
Anything else allows the axle to flex when you hit
the top of the kingpin
I needed to swing the hammer with both hands. I used
a 1/2" female to 3/8" male socket adapter as my "drift".
I packed some modeling clay around it to keep it from
bouncing out of the hole when I hit it. By the time I
was done with it the 3/8" end was totally ruined, but the
kingpin was out.
-----Original Message-----
From: Deve Krehbiel [mailto:dkrehbiel@kscable.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 10:18 AM
To: bob_keeland@usgs.gov; oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Ki ngpins on a half ton AD
After replacing the kingpins in my 50 project, there is NO play whatsoever.
I suggest replacement since you are already down that far.
Good luck!
Deve Krehbiel
Hesston, Kansas
1950 3100 * 1949 3600
www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: <bob_keeland@usgs.gov>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:13 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Ki ngpins on a half ton AD
> In one of the (many) books I have it gives a figure for how much play is
> acceptable in the kingpins, but it does not say where that distance is
> measured. As the value seems a little large to me (3/16 inch if memory
> serves) I begin to wonder where the measurement is supposed to be taken.
> They say grab the wheel and see if it will shift, so does that mean if the
> outer part of the wheel moves no more than 3/16 inch you are ok? I am now
> down to spindles and axle only. How much play is acceptable here? I
> should probably just replace the kingpins and be done with it, but was
just
> wondering.
>
> BobK
> 1951 5-window
> Arnaudville, LA
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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