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| | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 | Any source on King pins for a 36' 1.5 ton? What other years overlap?.........Thanks, Rick
'36 Tall cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '36 Low cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '53 GMC 2 ton, '51 GMC 640 5 ton, '47 Dodge 2 ton, '42 GMC CCKW 353 6X6.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 261 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 261 | 1931-1940 p/n 363306 king pin fits all 1.5 ton trucks. Bushings, and all the other components of the king pin assembly are also for the same years. You will find them quite often on e-bay. Try Chev's of the 40's and others. I think the later year trucks at least thru to early 1947 also used the same parts, this is a guess as I don't have a later parts book..
34 & 35 trucks are the greatest
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 165 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 165 | I have those king pins new. [email protected] | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 | ChevyB, I'll E-mail you today 2/15/2007. I picked up a reamer for the 1.5 ton on E-bay. I understand that the bushings are not used on a 1.5. The hole is taper reamed to fit the new pins, is this right?.......Thanks, Rick
'36 Tall cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '36 Low cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '53 GMC 2 ton, '51 GMC 640 5 ton, '47 Dodge 2 ton, '42 GMC CCKW 353 6X6.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 | Thanks also 35Trucker, I know of no other site that has so much info and REAL people behind the Bowtie emblem!.. 
'36 Tall cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '36 Low cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '53 GMC 2 ton, '51 GMC 640 5 ton, '47 Dodge 2 ton, '42 GMC CCKW 353 6X6.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 | I think all spindles use bushings. And I think they are straight reamed not taper reamed. Check out the king pin tech tips on this site. Do you have a shop manual for your truck? If not check out http://chevy.tocmp.com and see if Keith has one posted. I know he has the 29-54 Chevy Master Parts Catalog on-line. I think you will find the same king pins were used for 3/4 thru 1 1/2 ton for about 20 years. Good luck Edit: I looked on Keith's site and found the king pin pages. Look here and on the previous page for part numbers. Hope this helps.
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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 261 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 261 | The 1.5 ton trucks used bushings in the knuckle and they have to be reamed to fit the king pin. The difference between the 1/2 ton and 1.5 ton is in the caster angle it is 1.75 degrees for the 1/2 ton and 2.75 for the 1.5 ton truck. There were kits with oversize reamers to replace bushings if the knuckles were worn. Trucks used a straight hole bushing reamer.
34 & 35 trucks are the greatest
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 | My brother corrected me it's a straight hole reamer. I guess I'll wait till I get into the front end to access the damage. In the mean time I did buy the king pin set from chevyb. Can't have to many stovebolt parts it seems, thats what 3B says anyway:)
'36 Tall cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '36 Low cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '53 GMC 2 ton, '51 GMC 640 5 ton, '47 Dodge 2 ton, '42 GMC CCKW 353 6X6.
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