The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area General Truck Talk KING PIN UPDATE

Well I now have a new form of power stering. I felt like and idiot. Both king pins had siezed. My great mechanic Joe had to pound on the spindles just to move them. After 6 hours I had a new set of pins installed. it was a very good lesson he heated the spindle with a torch pounded the pins out and even burned the bearings out to get the pin to move. One set of sleaves had to be pressed in. All in all it was a sucess I can now turn corners with one finger.I don't know how i did it before thats where the idiot part comes in.... oh well....it was a great day for this stovebolter..... Peter

Congratulation, Peter,

The two system repairs that I put off, and felt like an idiot after I took care of them: the front-end rebuild (king pins, tie-rod/steering linkage adjustments, and steering box adjustment); and, the starting system components (2/0 cables, Optima 6V battery, rebuilt starter).

Enjoy your new ride.

Tim

Thanks tcl, man the truck steers like it has power steering.. If I would of known i would of fixed it long ago but my friend said it was armstrong steering LOL.... Peter

KING PIN SUCCESS!!!! after trying a hammer and pin with no luck I read the tec tips here and used the bottle jack and sledge hammer tecnique it worked like a charm on my 3/4 ton. As noted use the BIGGEST hammer you can find it makes all the difference....