King pin removal, the hard way!

[RalphM]

So I picked up a late 30’s front axle with round back spindles. Wishbones had been cut/welded and are pretty much junk, but the axle(I have about 10 of these) and the spindles are in good shape.
One of the kingpins was about 1/2 way out, I thought it would be the “easy” side.
Boy was I wrong, it wouldn’t budge, even with heat and an air hammer. So I backed it up a bit and cut the end off, and my suspicions were correct. The diameter of the pin was .813, and there was no way the thing was going through the axle after it had been mushroomed out to a whopping .836 diameter!