48-52 king pin lock bolt stuck? F3 axle differences?
#16
06-12-2017, 08:17 PM
Sorry. Misread your post. I would have the axle bored out to fit the available oversized kingpins. If the wear in the axle is larger than can be cleaned up to fit the oversized kingpins, I would, as a last resort, if I could not readily find a good axle, have the axle bored out to fit an available steel sleeve. I would press in the sleeve and bore it/hone it to fit.
Not going to be cheap; however, any decent machine shop could do it.
Not going to be cheap; however, any decent machine shop could do it.
Call the only shop around, worst case would be $500 to do it. They are $$$ but they do it right and don't half a$$ anything.
#17
06-29-2023, 06:57 PM
F100 has the hump in the middle of the axle. I've read that that some F-100 did some with straight axles like a F1. Don't know this is true or not.
The fitment is more than 0.010. 0.002 is a thickness of a human hair. It needs a sleeve and called a well known shop that does this for bigger trucks and if I want to use this axle it will probably (high end) cost me $500. But it will be done correctly.
I have another axle that has the locking pins for the king pins stuck and a few other things. I really wish I had a torch to heat everything up with. If I can get this one apart and if the bores are good I can simply use this one. I don't have a ID hole mic to really pull any numbers off of.
The fitment is more than 0.010. 0.002 is a thickness of a human hair. It needs a sleeve and called a well known shop that does this for bigger trucks and if I want to use this axle it will probably (high end) cost me $500. But it will be done correctly.
I have another axle that has the locking pins for the king pins stuck and a few other things. I really wish I had a torch to heat everything up with. If I can get this one apart and if the bores are good I can simply use this one. I don't have a ID hole mic to really pull any numbers off of.
#19
06-30-2023, 02:00 PM
The problem is the tapered pin is in the center of the axle so any slop in the kink pin will "teeter" THE FIX YOU CAN D0 iis drill & tap the top and bottom of the axle with lock bolt. The axle is easy to drill and tap. So now the king pin is solid. We have done several this way....(no need to remove axle)
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