![]() ![]() So thank you all for the help, but I think I have this one solved even if it was a case of stumbling over it. Recognizes the experience and strengths that library maker staff bring to the. I ended up buying 2 suspension assy., that's upper & lower control arms w/ king pin/spindle attached for 20 bucks! They look almost new, and are very tight. Library Makers is a community that: Connects and supports library maker staff of all levels of experience. ![]() After looking this over for an hour or so the son asked if there was anything we wanted to buy right then, and told us everything must go! It was like an episode of American Pickers Studebaker style!. ![]() It turns out all the cars are lark types, and large bins with a mixture of Studebaker and airplane parts. When we arrived we found most of the parts and some cars inside a huge 100' x 50' barn with a beautiful concrete floor. We were going to give the son an idea what the value of the cars and parts that were left. Hi all! Day before yesterday I and 3 of my fellow club members went to help the son of one of our chapter's founding members who is now in a nursing home, to look over some of what is left of the original collection. I suppose, with enough effort, it would be possible to install them backwards. Rich, the '-L' and '-R' casting, that is at the end of the casting number on each pin, is to designate left & right. Don't worry, it will loosen up soon, then still provide sufficient sealing to push the grease up to the thrust bearing when lubed later. Then, select spacers to hold the o'ring snugly enough against the bottom piece for a light drag, when "test assembled" without the spring installed. When installing the lower bearing, push it into the housing only far enough that the rubber o'ring will stick out. I disassembled again and used a hacksaw blade to cut two straight grooves, top to bottom, which then allowed grease to pass.Īlso, use rubber o'rings on the bottom, not cork gaskets that still come in some rebuild kits. The last ones I installed were repro, did not have said groove, and near impossible to get grease past. That groove allows grease to pass to the upper, thrust bearing much easier. In practically, David Lee King, director at the Topeka and Shawnee County. When installing kingpin bushings, get NOS ones that have a spiraling groove cut into them. on social media becomes especially important for libraries. Of course factory spec is better, but not absolutely necessary. If building a trailer queen, neither of the above applies. If the lower area is starting to brindle, the pin should be changed. If the surface is scarred/pitted bad enough to chew into new bushings in short order, the pin should be changed. Depending on surface scars in the upper area, kingpins are often still OK if worn. So difficult to remove the stuck king pin mechanic mechanicsteve trucks kingpinJoin as a member to support me : ). I just measured an NOS one: the upper surface is 1.250" and the lower is 1.120", if cosmoline did not interfere with measurement. ![]()
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