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Old 12-13-2017, 10:04 PM   #14
Karl Wolf
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Default Re: King pins

The best-Find a shop with a Sunnen hone, with the mandrel that will reach through both top and bottom bushings- This will insure that the two bushings line up.

I fit the bushings to the king pin so that the pin is tight, just able to push in by hand.
They will be loose enough function, and last longer.

A reamer will work, but press one bushing at a time. On the first bushing, press the new one in, use the least worn side of the other old bushing as a guide to line up the cut on the new one. Then do the second bushing using the one you reamed first as a guide.

The first set I did for someone else, I gave them .001 clearance- he was mad at me, too loose.

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