March 22, 2008 Update
Posted by Keegan Chaput On 2008/3/22 13:06:01
March 22, 2008 Update
Well, the King Pin kit came from Kanter this week. I took the knuckle up to my tire place and they pressed the old bearing and bushing out and put the new ones in for me. $10 well spent since I don't have a press. As you can see from the pictures, the new bushing is all brass, whereas the original was steel with a brass sleeve. The diameter of the new king pin was 0.865 and the bushing had a 0.855 ID after it was installed. I thought about taking it to a machine shop to have it reamed out, but I decided to try it myself first because it sounded cheaper in my head. I bought a three stone brake hone from the local parts store for $12 and just went to town honing the brass bushing. I had to use a good amount of WD-40 to keep the stones from loading up with brass, but it ended up working just fine. It probably took about a half hour of alternating between honing and checking the bore with my calipers.
After honing out the bushing I started reassembly. I found that the shim that I took out originally was now too big for the fresh parts. I guess that the new ball bearing is a little thicker than the old. The shim measured 0.069 and my feeler gauges told me I needed a 0.059 shim to do the job. I tried to find one locally here, but struck out. I decided to try and grind mine down and if that didn't work I'd order a new one. Luckily it worked out and I was able to get it put back together without finding a new set of shims.
Finally, I could get it buttoned back together just like the driver's side with the new wheel bearings and new shock. I also employed the suggested tightening procedure for the hub and went back and did the same to the driver's side. Thanks again for the advice BH and Owen!
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Well, the King Pin kit came from Kanter this week. I took the knuckle up to my tire place and they pressed the old bearing and bushing out and put the new ones in for me. $10 well spent since I don't have a press. As you can see from the pictures, the new bushing is all brass, whereas the original was steel with a brass sleeve. The diameter of the new king pin was 0.865 and the bushing had a 0.855 ID after it was installed. I thought about taking it to a machine shop to have it reamed out, but I decided to try it myself first because it sounded cheaper in my head. I bought a three stone brake hone from the local parts store for $12 and just went to town honing the brass bushing. I had to use a good amount of WD-40 to keep the stones from loading up with brass, but it ended up working just fine. It probably took about a half hour of alternating between honing and checking the bore with my calipers.
After honing out the bushing I started reassembly. I found that the shim that I took out originally was now too big for the fresh parts. I guess that the new ball bearing is a little thicker than the old. The shim measured 0.069 and my feeler gauges told me I needed a 0.059 shim to do the job. I tried to find one locally here, but struck out. I decided to try and grind mine down and if that didn't work I'd order a new one. Luckily it worked out and I was able to get it put back together without finding a new set of shims.
Finally, I could get it buttoned back together just like the driver's side with the new wheel bearings and new shock. I also employed the suggested tightening procedure for the hub and went back and did the same to the driver's side. Thanks again for the advice BH and Owen!
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