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| | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 430 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 430 | Does anyone know the "modern" part number or source for the plugs/caps/welch plugs that are on top and bottom of king pin that you stake in after a king pin service?
Or have a few laying around they want to get rid of?
I have the full kit but need a couple of replacements and don't want to buy a whole new king pin kit just to get a couple of caps.
Exact model is a 1956 3200 Chevrolet. | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,076 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: 11,076 | Measure them and take them to your FLAPS and check what they have for dished freeze plugs. That's essentially what they are. The slight dish shape allows them to expand in diameter after you install them by flattening them a bit with a 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: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,814 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,814 | I've made those dished plugs from flat steel about .080" thick. Cut/grind a circle of metal about 1/32" bigger than the recessed counterbore it needs to fit and dish it with a ball peen hammer and a socket in an arbor press until it's a close slip fit. Secure it with a firm tap to the center with a hammer.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 430 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2021 Posts: 430 | | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,814 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,814 | "If it's dumb, but it works, maybe it isn't so dumb after all!" I like doing stuff that most folks claim is impossible- - - - -"There's no app for that!"
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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