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anyone ever resleeved a straight axle , mine are out of round , i checked 1 place locally he wants $900.00 to do both sides this seems a little high , how hard is it to do ? 1pete1

Is a 0.010” oversize kingpin kit available? Will 0.010” correct the issue?

Otherwise you could bore oversize and install a steel sleeve but this would be more trouble and risk than finding a replacement axle in my opinion. Sleeves in the axle are probably not universally recommended, but I’ve seen it done.

On my 1 Ton I had the axle bored and hardened sleeves installed. iIt has been just fine for 10 years and 40K miles. It has a standard bore now.

Pete , You need to find a place like this .

https://www.dentoni.com/steer-axle-rebore

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http://drivetrainservice.com/steer-axles/

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http://www.precisionaxle.com/Services.html

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https://www.axlesurgeonseattle.com/services.html


You can have your axle re-bored & sleeved right back to standard size .

Finding a standard size king pin kit should be pretty easy .


George
'54 3600