Who knows Kingpins in the Waikato

tortron, Jul 23, 3:00pm
Looking for someone in the know to inspect my steering and confirm what needs work
(Truck is a 1948 Commer Superpoise, wof man says the kingpins are worn, but they shouldnt have many miles on them).
Someone who can then do the work, and comes with good recomendations would be ideal
tortron, Jul 23, 3:05pm
Im sure sending a few heavys around would get me a wof, but not what im after
alfred011, Jul 23, 8:30pm
To diagnose that the wear is in the kingpins, jack the wheeloff the ground get someone to put the brakes on then see if there is any movement, any engineer should be able to make new bushes its not that difficult or make up new pins if required.
tortron, Jul 23, 8:32pm
I have all the parts tucked away in my stash, i would be doing it myself if i had the space
philltauranga, Jul 23, 10:11pm
I dont know about 1948 vintage but when we did my truck we had to take the hub section into a machine shop and have the new bushes honed to match the new pin as the bushes had a plastic type lining on the inside of them and it was this that needed honing.
the-lada-dude, Jul 24, 5:11am
borrow an expanding reamer and pilot shaft. ! oh so easy, but you must have new bushes and pins or you'll never get it right
chebry, Jul 24, 5:21am
Brass bolts screwed up tight in the grease nipple hole will remove kingpin slack for a warrant or grease it with bog. New pins and bushes would be ideal.
pieman33h, Jul 24, 9:25am
hayden at mobile mechanical in hamilton, those guys muck around with old stuf all the time should be able to sort it for you
mrcat1, Jul 27, 6:33pm
Have you tried pumping it full of Grease like Moreys Bigfoot grease! It is very thick and sometimes takes up enough play to get them thru.
cowlover, Jul 27, 9:06pm
I recently had to do a kingpin on a fairly new light truck.Got OEM new parts no problem and they had to be honed to fit.Nobody I knew had a metric set of piolt reamers so had it done by a machine shop and they made it fit but didn't hone them concentric so it stuffed up the camber.Such a simple job if you know what you are doing and clearly they either didn't know or didn't care.In this case a bit of both I think.I'd be trying the thick grease trick first in your case.Are you sure that the WOF man even knows what he is looking at!
the-lada-dude, Jul 28, 6:22am
depending on how much metal has to be removed from bush, if bushes are inserted correctly, you could use a wheel cylinder honeto get fit
movnon, Jul 28, 6:31pm
ahh dont think applying brake pressure is going to make any difference to diagnosing the source of play, any GOOD mechanic will isolate the play real easily. Rebushing the stubs & having the bushes honed to suit the new pins by a reputable machine shop is the best option(reaming the bushes will work but once the high spots wear the play will be back). In saying that I doubt if you are doing many miles in the old girl!