So last week I took off the front hubs / drums then the axle & springs. This weekend I was able to hammer out the old king pins. Much to my delight, it only took bout 1/2 an hour, some liquid wrench, and a 5 lb hammer. The locking pins tapped out easily, and the king pins pounded out with moderate effort. From reading past posts I understand I am VERY LUCKY that they came out so easy.
The old bushings are not coming out so easy. The trick with the socket didn't work for me. Any suggestions?
I'm considering using the Kaiser Spiral kit (K40G) as it seems to be a higher quality replacement (even at 4X the cost!). Anybody use one of these before? It appears as if the kit doe NOT include the thrust bearing. Does anyone know where you can purchase just this bearing? Everyplace I've seen has the bearing as part of a kit.
