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12-04-2016, 03:54 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: May 2016
Location: NE OK
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spindle and king pins
uggg - I bought a front end bushing kit and it came with much more than I really needed but I bought it anyway. A couple items, I didn't really need was new spindle bushings and king pins, so I put them in anyway. The bushings bronze were absolutely painful to install; I used wood to Cushing the hammer blows, got them in, but wow, what a work out! Then the king pins wouldn't slide in, I literally had to drive the in also, I used the wood for that also, again painful. I was thinking "this just don't seem right". Now I can hardly turn the steering wheel, I mean - it is very difficult. This procedure seemed very simple and straight forward; what did I do wrong what do I do now?
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12-04-2016, 06:49 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Montville,Ohio
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Re: spindle and king pins
you should have used a large bolt and nut and washer arrangement to press them in.NEVER hammer a bushing or bearing in. Finish ream with an adjustable reamer after installation to fit the pin to a slip fit. I would remove the kingpins and than finish ream the bushings with an adjustable reamer. If ya butchered it up too bad ya may have to replace both again
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12-04-2016, 07:06 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: May 2016
Location: NE OK
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Re: spindle and king pins
Bummer, when I started I had no idea they were going to be that tight.
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12-05-2016, 08:54 PM
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revolutiongolfcars.com
 Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Golf Car Capital of The World... Augusta, Georgia
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Re: spindle and king pins
They must be reamed with a 3/4" reamer.
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12-06-2016, 11:22 AM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: May 2016
Location: NE OK
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Re: spindle and king pins
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12-06-2016, 07:12 PM
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revolutiongolfcars.com
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Golf Car Capital of The World... Augusta, Georgia
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Re: spindle and king pins
A drill bit may work, never tried that. I got my reamer from a local hardware store.
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12-06-2016, 07:54 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Lee County, Georgia
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Re: spindle and king pins
I used a drill bit long enough to go through both bushings about 10 years ago on my Carryall 2 with no problems to date.
Your mileage may very, Jimmie |
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12-08-2016, 08:51 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: May 2016
Location: NE OK
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Re: spindle and king pins
Good deal guys -I will see what I have or if I have to buy, I will see what the local store has.
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12-09-2016, 03:53 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Woodstock,GA
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Re: spindle and king pins
When I replace bushing like that, I put the new bushing in the freezer and heat the eye of whatever the bushing is going into.
old school but it works well. |
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12-09-2016, 05:30 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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Re: spindle and king pins
I pressed mine in with a vise
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