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I'm in the midst of rebuilding the front end of my '50 3100. I took the advice of a few on the forum and took the axle to a shop to have the king pins pushed out. When the shop reassembled them with new king pins, there was still a lot of slop in the knuckle.

Having just purchased a '53 3100 himself, the shop manager was interested in helping me out. He tracked down a new front axle which has already been cleaned, painted and reassembled with new king pins.

I asked for my old parts back and he said they're junk and I should just have his scrap man truck them off. What do you think? Is it worth hanging on to the old axle, spindles, and king pin set? (the king pin set is new)

TIA,
Red Green

if you could get the pins out without damaging them they might be useful in 50 years when yer other new ones wear out cuz ya quit greaseing'em, but with the eyes frapped on the axle and/or spindles, it's not really worth the effort .... wouldn't be to me anyway

OTOH the shop should have been able to determine the hole was hogged out before they put the new pins in, so I wouldn't wanna be payin for that part of the deal! tell the guy he should get a shop manual if he's got an AD himself

Bill

If the king pins were new,get them back.Maybe you can get a refund on them,or save them for a future use.I would also get the brass bushings.A lot of times a machine shop can rework the axel and spindles.