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#56817 02/21/2006 3:32 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | I picked up the May issue of RODZ magazine and they have an article on correcting a worn axle kingpin hole by boring it and press fitting a bushing! Does this make this procedure mainstream or is it still a forbidden act? | | |
#56818 02/21/2006 3:59 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 338 | The article makes it sound like a preferred solution. They ended up with better tolerances and he reamed the bushing to fit instead of needing some specialized reamer. All that and he got an original dropped axle back in action. | | |
#56819 02/21/2006 5:57 AM | Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,773 | The solution works. Another possibility is oversize kingpins, but they're getting harder to find.
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#56820 03/01/2006 3:46 AM | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 324 | Boring on center and then bushing to size was done all the time by the old guys in the day.
"It ain't a truck if you can't hose out the cab."
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#56821 03/01/2006 7:00 AM | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,096 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,096 | I've had several axles done like that over the years ,, it is a very good repair to do. | | |
#56822 03/08/2006 3:14 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 38 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 38 | Hey Trucker,
When I bought my 39 GMC one of the king pins was broke and the hole in the axle was pretty waddled out. So I designed a jig to drill the eye out at the correct angle. I then turned a bushing and pressed it in. Once the bushing was in, I drilled it with a drill a little under size, then reamed it to the proper diameter. A few more steps were involved, but I dont want to bore everyone. The axle works fine. But since I never done this before, I located another axle just incase. I was pleased with the outcome.
Jim
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