First timer with a straight axle…37 shop manual says to just hammer it out after removing the dust cap with “a brass rod” and it pushes the bottom dust cap off as the king pin comes out. Just don’t want to damage anything that is to be reused. I have a bigger hammer. Tips!? Secondly, there is mention of “floating bronze bushings” for the master that are pre sized but truck and pickup must be reamed to fit. Is this still true or are “presized” bushings available in today’s world? Lacking the tool shown to ream top and bottom together, I’d have to take the axle out and to town. Suggestions? Second pic shows my unusual (to me) front leaf springs. All information I have shows the 37 having flat eight leafs in the front. These are nine with small ones on each end. I know I also have upper helper springs in the rear so this must’ve been a heavy duty half ton option before the three-quarter ton came out.
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