Re: 37 120 king Pins

Posted by Dbedsole On 2024/7/2 8:47:48

Both sides have a wobble. One could clearly see it was in the pin in the steering knuckle and not the bushings. The spec for the pins is .866 inches in dia. The old pins that were removed to install the new pins have a dia. of .866 and have an interference fit. The new pins .862 have a lot of play in the steering knuckle. I have contacted Max Meritt about the issue. At this point I will use the old original pins, the only problem is that one of the pins is scored a couple thousands on one end so I will have that end machine down and then ream the new bushing to fit. I wonder if the source/supplier for the king pin kits
is not machining the pins to spec (.866) since both kits (Kanter/Max Merritt) had king pins that measure .862. Fortunately I have a son that has a machine shop.