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| | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 | Trying to replace a king pin.... Anyone have any thoughts on a wicked stubborn set bolt?? This sucker doesn't want to budge... hammered it, heated it... nothin'!
Did the other side and that went as smoothly as a king pin job will go but this side seems to be pretty frozen up. In fact, it takes a little effort to turn the spindle by hand (without the steering arm hooked up even!) Now I see why my steering was such an effort! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 33 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 33 | once you have the bolt heated up with the torch, take a block of wax and allow the wax to melt into the threads of the stubborn bolt... than it will tap out like butter. I had to do that on a stubborn drain plug on my posi-differential. no tool would budge the drain plug, but after trying the wax trick the thing spun out by hand. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 338 | The wax trick works. I learned that from my machinist friends. That is what it took to get my king pin out. Be careful. The wax will ignite. Use parafin wax.
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