![]() Here are some pics if what lies ahead for me. The kingpins are 0.875" OD, so I need a kingpin reamer for this diameter, and I can probably rig a drift for the old bronze bushings. My plan is to prep for winter maintenance, so any advice is greatly appreciated on how to replace kingpins. Toe, camber and caster are within spec, everything acts as it should for mechanical engineering performance, but the kingpin slop is extreme now and needs attention. My wife and I enjoy many relaxing evening drives for hours, but in the last 100mi, the first 5-10mi are cantankerous. When warmed and settled, I can let go of the wheel and the car just rolls straight ahead.Īfter things settle, I think this car could drive 1kmi smooth and straight, so crazy, I really do trust this car after about 2yrs of sorting. Its too bad because at 55k+mi the car will drive insanely smooth and straight after I settle the mechanics after the first 5-10mi of death wobble antics. and do the work in my home garage this winter, or if I should start planning to get the axle off and send it to a shop to press out bushings and ream them for the new pins. I have new parts, but I don't have the reamers and drifts, so I am trying to determine if I buy reamers etc. I am looking for any advice on how I should replace the worn kingpins and bushings. Well, they are almost worn out, the king pins and bushings wiggle too much now that we have been driving the car quite a bit, and the death wobble at 40mph is consistent when the car is first warming, so its time to replace what is worn from the decades.
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