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By Randy Baumann and Dave "Koolkar" Feltner-Well written with exceptional illustrations..I was going to outsource this work but after reading this article I'll do it myself. The clearest instructions I've ever seen. This read was reccomended to me by Sid at DroppedAxles.com.
Well done..two thumbs up!
Keith
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 | SR,
Are you going to post the link. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 | Here is the link Kingpin tech tip | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 615 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 615 | Thanks Lonnie for posting that.
Click the "PDF" download for the good stuff.
Keith | | | | | Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2000 Posts: 769 | Denny,
There is a link to the PDF in the lower right hand corner. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | All the links in that Tech Tip worked for me (all were the same pdf file). | | | | | Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,403 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,403 | Yes, from personally meeting Dave Feltner(he got my truck home  ) he sure seems to know his stuff. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Denny would you like me to send it to you in an email?
Jeff | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 549 | I agree that the tech tip was VERY helpful. However, the following did not work for me. I let the weight of the truck help push the old kingpins out. So far, it has worked every time We got one out with a 12 ton press. It sounded like a shotgun when it busted loose. I couldn't get the second one and took it to a guy with a bigger press. It took 15 tons of pressure to pop it loose. As a side note, I'm pretty sure that I was the first to replace them, they were worn extreemly bad. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,031 | while you're at it & have everything apart... look @ this tip. It should work for almost any truck: http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/draglink_adjustable.html
Jim & Caroline
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,867 | Thanks for the great tip on the draglink! I somehow missed that one. Very cool.  Jeff | | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 615 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 615 | Have seen that Tip Jim..Novel idea..I have a dropped axel I'm putting on..as well as Toyota power steering next year..it's unclear to me if I'll need to make adjustments to the drag link or pitman..The PS conversion includes a pitman.
You've done a lot of nice things to that truck.
Thanks,
Keith
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