Drivers side spindle/kingpin
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Drivers side spindle/kingpin
I have searched EVERYWHERE and no one can press new king pin bushings in my spindle and i cannot find a new one. Im down to searching junkyards and not having luck there either. Does anybody here have any idea where to purchase a new/rebuilt one?
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King pin bushings
If you have the bushings most automotive engine machine shops can press and Sunnen Hone to fit the kingpin.
Where are you located ? There was a time when NAPA could do that .
Where are you located ? There was a time when NAPA could do that .
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Most machine shops are going out of business as you are finding out. I would check with the big truck shops. Most all the big trucks still run kingpins. Only problem maybe the people they use might not have a reamer small enough for your truck.
Has anyone tried the no-ream king pin kits? Do they make them that fit the smaller trucks?
Has anyone tried the no-ream king pin kits? Do they make them that fit the smaller trucks?
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First thing you need to know if you don't already is our trucks have 2 different size kingpins.
5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and non-power brakes uses the larger pins.
4.5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and power brakes uses the smaller pins.
I checked with a speed shop the does engine machine work and would not touch doing the pin.
They and others put me on to a regular machine shop and they said they could do them.
Well yes they got the old ones out and new in just nut far enough I found out and they did ream the bushing so the pin fits each one but did not ream them all the way across both bushings so could not install the pin.
I had to hone the bushings and drive the pins in and they were to tight.
Good luck
Dave ----
5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and non-power brakes uses the larger pins.
4.5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and power brakes uses the smaller pins.
I checked with a speed shop the does engine machine work and would not touch doing the pin.
They and others put me on to a regular machine shop and they said they could do them.
Well yes they got the old ones out and new in just nut far enough I found out and they did ream the bushing so the pin fits each one but did not ream them all the way across both bushings so could not install the pin.
I had to hone the bushings and drive the pins in and they were to tight.
Good luck
Dave ----
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First thing you need to know if you don't already is our trucks have 2 different size kingpins.
5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and non-power brakes uses the larger pins.
4.5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and power brakes uses the smaller pins.
I checked with a speed shop the does engine machine work and would not touch doing the pin.
They and others put me on to a regular machine shop and they said they could do them.
Well yes they got the old ones out and new in just nut far enough I found out and they did ream the bushing so the pin fits each one but did not ream them all the way across both bushings so could not install the pin.
I had to hone the bushings and drive the pins in and they were to tight.
Good luck
Dave ----
5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and non-power brakes uses the larger pins.
4.5 x 5 wheel bolt pattern and power brakes uses the smaller pins.
I checked with a speed shop the does engine machine work and would not touch doing the pin.
They and others put me on to a regular machine shop and they said they could do them.
Well yes they got the old ones out and new in just nut far enough I found out and they did ream the bushing so the pin fits each one but did not ream them all the way across both bushings so could not install the pin.
I had to hone the bushings and drive the pins in and they were to tight.
Good luck
Dave ----
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I thought you had a f250 or 350 2wd with the kingpins and a straight axle. If you have a f100 with the twin I beam and kingpins, it wouldn't take me 5 seconds if it was my truck to go down to the junkyard or look on facebook market place or craigslist and get a f150 with balljoints and bolt those axles in place, and bolt the rearend in place also if you are going to change wheel lug patterns.
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King pins
You can buy the correct reamer from a machine tool outlet like MSC or Grainger. I even reamed mine with a wheel cylinder hone inside a parts washer. To really do it correctly you need an adjustable reamer with the centering cone which you could also buy and have your own. I bet in Houston someone there has one in stock.
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You can buy the correct reamer from a machine tool outlet like MSC or Grainger. I even reamed mine with a wheel cylinder hone inside a parts washer. To really do it correctly you need an adjustable reamer with the centering cone which you could also buy and have your own. I bet in Houston someone there has one in stock.
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I thought you had a f250 or 350 2wd with the kingpins and a straight axle. If you have a f100 with the twin I beam and kingpins, it wouldn't take me 5 seconds if it was my truck to go down to the junkyard or look on facebook market place or craigslist and get a f150 with balljoints and bolt those axles in place, and bolt the rearend in place also if you are going to change wheel lug patterns.
When I lived in CT the yards only kept 10 years or newer stuff everything else went to the crusher.
But I did look into buying a parts truck to switch to ball joints and DJM drop beams at one time.
You can buy the correct reamer from a machine tool outlet like MSC or Grainger. I even reamed mine with a wheel cylinder hone inside a parts washer. To really do it correctly you need an adjustable reamer with the centering cone which you could also buy and have your own. I bet in Houston someone there has one in stock.
But you are 100% right on needing the centering reamer. I did buy one to ream mine again as the steering wheel will not return to center and think it is because they are still to tight.
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Castaway, I think it was on here that someone did his own bushings at home, pressed them out & in do a search.
I don't know what he did for reaming or maybe that is who told me where to get mine?
I got mine off Ebay and it came from the Ukraine. Was $100 and took for ever to get here to the point I though I was out the $100.
I found the post where the member did his own bushings https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...n-removal.html
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I don't know what he did for reaming or maybe that is who told me where to get mine?
I got mine off Ebay and it came from the Ukraine. Was $100 and took for ever to get here to the point I though I was out the $100.
I found the post where the member did his own bushings https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...n-removal.html
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Looking at his profile, he does have a f250. I was looking for someone, I don't know if it was him or someone else, but there are some yards in Texas with these trucks sitting around. They have a lot of room in Texas 
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I would use a set with nylon bushings. They will last pretty much as long as metal if kept greased. No reaming. I've used them on trucks all the way up to C50 Chevys with good results.
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Qwik-fit by Stemco makes no ream kits, but they are still metal. I don't know how they work.
There is also a True-fit line. I am not sure what size he needs, some of these look like big truck kits.
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What vehicle is he working on? All I got was F250. Don't know year or anything more than that.