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| | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 75 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 75 | Getting ready to replace king pins in a ‘53 3100 and found that the top has no dust cover and the housing has been “pinged”. Would this indicate the king pins have been previously replaced and the top cover left off or was this a factory practice? It seems the pins will need to be knocked out from the top to the bottom but that will require the removal of the hub. Has anyone encountered this problem before and, if so, any suggestions? My last dealings with king pins was about 60 years ago on grandpa’s farm and then I was just a gofer and a watcher.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | I think those plugs were/are called bearing plugs - they were supposed to to be seated and then staked at four points (on the outer-side edge)
Have you checked a Shop Manual? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 75 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 75 | Haven’t checked shop manual......but will do so.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,031 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,031 | I think you mean "peened", not "pinged". Peened as in hammered over like a rivet head, or staked as Tim said. Staking is done with a punch and hammer.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,272 | They 'ping' out Texas way.
You can push kingpins up or down. There is a way to use the weight of the truck to knock them out. I have done it before years ago , but don't remember how I did it. Hopefully someone with a better memory will come along shortly.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
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