Need help with installing lift kit!

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 08-01-2008, 10:10 PM

Hello all,
Well I took you advice and upgraded to the Jakes lift and I am at a camp ground right now trying to install it and I can do everything but get the pins out of the the spindles. It says to just hit them out and I am but there not budging. I am missing something,
Thanks
Nick

shawn.m · 08-02-2008, 12:17 AM

mine were easy to get out with a sharp smack on the G9. On my G16 I had to beat on them with a sledge hammer on top and a socket on the bottom. then flip the arm over and do it again a couple of times.

miker · 08-02-2008, 11:37 AM

i just put a jakes on my g-9 take a look at the side of it, there is a double roll pin knock them out first then they fall out a whole lot easier i had to grind the top of the spindle i hit it so much i peened the top over, the other side was much easier, duh

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 08-03-2008, 12:08 PM

Thanks so much guys I didn't see that pin I knocked it out and they came out easy! Thanks again guys!

miker · 08-03-2008, 08:53 PM

is'nt it much easier after you do the first one

weekendwarriorfsw32 · 08-04-2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miker

is'nt it much easier after you do the first one

Ya it and I feel like an idiot after making all that noise in the campground for no reason

TimKarp · 08-27-2010, 11:23 AM

great info... just bought a Roll Pin Punch Set for $12 at ACo and plan on taking mine apart tonight. Ordered a "King pin and bushing kit" from 3r that I need to install.

Mike Mac · 08-29-2010, 10:42 PM

Tim, make sure you "never seize" the king pins where they go through the spindle. And grease where they go into the bushings and seals. Also thrust washers get grease on top of spindle. Never seize the roll pins also.

TimKarp · 08-30-2010, 08:28 AM

Mike Mac- Thanks for the info!!!

scottyb · 08-30-2010, 09:44 AM

It sure would help if these manufactures would use about a nickle's worth of anti-seize when they assemble each cart. Rear hubs, clutches, Electric motor shaft, king pin assemblies could all benefit.
Okay, I'm done berating the manufactures

08-01-2008, 10:10 PM	#1
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Need help with installing lift kit! Hello all, Well I took you advice and upgraded to the Jakes lift and I am at a camp ground right now trying to install it and I can do everything but get the pins out of the the spindles. It says to just hit them out and I am but there not budging. I am missing something, Thanks Nick

08-02-2008, 12:17 AM	#2
shawn.m Gone Wild Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: near sacramento,ca Posts: 1,895	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! mine were easy to get out with a sharp smack on the G9. On my G16 I had to beat on them with a sledge hammer on top and a socket on the bottom. then flip the arm over and do it again a couple of times.

08-02-2008, 11:37 AM	#3
miker Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: mass Posts: 654	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! i just put a jakes on my g-9 take a look at the side of it, there is a double roll pin knock them out first then they fall out a whole lot easier i had to grind the top of the spindle i hit it so much i peened the top over, the other side was much easier, duh

08-03-2008, 12:08 PM	#4
weekendwarriorfsw32 Getting Wild Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 102	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! Thanks so much guys I didn't see that pin I knocked it out and they came out easy! Thanks again guys!

08-03-2008, 08:53 PM	#5
miker Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: mass Posts: 654	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! is'nt it much easier after you do the first one

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08-27-2010, 11:23 AM	#7
TimKarp Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Livoni MI Posts: 157	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! great info... just bought a Roll Pin Punch Set for $12 at ACo and plan on taking mine apart tonight. Ordered a "King pin and bushing kit" from 3r that I need to install.

08-29-2010, 10:42 PM	#8
Mike Mac G8 Specialist Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Phoenix Posts: 7,799	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! Tim, make sure you "never seize" the king pins where they go through the spindle. And grease where they go into the bushings and seals. Also thrust washers get grease on top of spindle. Never seize the roll pins also.

08-30-2010, 08:28 AM	#9
TimKarp Gone Wild Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Livoni MI Posts: 157	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! Mike Mac- Thanks for the info!!!

08-30-2010, 09:44 AM	#10
scottyb Happy Carting Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 73,418	Re: Need help with installing lift kit! It sure would help if these manufactures would use about a nickle's worth of anti-seize when they assemble each cart. Rear hubs, clutches, Electric motor shaft, king pin assemblies could all benefit. Okay, I'm done berating the manufactures

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