Kingpin woes...
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Interesting idea... there may be too much clearance near the ends though? I ordered some .003 steel shim stock to take up the clearance at the top (and the bottom if I can figure out how to get it in there). But the green Loctite would be useful between the shim and the axle. Thanks for the tip!
Edit: Loctite 640 data sheet says "Max. diametrical clearance is 0.1 mm" (which is .004"). The entry to the bores is nearly .930, or .008 oversized. Wrapping a piece of the .003 stock leaves .002 diameter so that could work with the Loctite.
How many early '60's Ford beam axles would you expect to find in junkyards at all in '21... especially nearby, since my town is 12k people. And then it may also be worn out, not to mention the yard would have to cut it loose...
Edit: Loctite 640 data sheet says "Max. diametrical clearance is 0.1 mm" (which is .004"). The entry to the bores is nearly .930, or .008 oversized. Wrapping a piece of the .003 stock leaves .002 diameter so that could work with the Loctite.
How many early '60's Ford beam axles would you expect to find in junkyards at all in '21... especially nearby, since my town is 12k people. And then it may also be worn out, not to mention the yard would have to cut it loose...
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I called O'Reilly on Monday morning and from the way they stumbled around, I suspect they forgot about my kingpin fitting job (for 2 wks.) But they assured me it'd be done by this morning "at the latest"... sure enough I got a call at 8:15 this morning from the store. Cost was only $75 for both since I'd already removed the old bushings and reinstalled the new ones. They did it right, too - nice snug fit and no "rocking" pins anywhere. 
So I took a break from welding sheet metal today, and installed the right side spindle. Everything that could go wrong, did... including putting it all together and discovering the brake assembly wouldn't go on because somehow I'd managed to put the spindle on upside down
Anyway that's together, no play at the hub.
For now I'm waiting to do the left with the .003 steel shim and green sleeve retainer, because it will get in the way of my body repair work.
So I took a break from welding sheet metal today, and installed the right side spindle. Everything that could go wrong, did... including putting it all together and discovering the brake assembly wouldn't go on because somehow I'd managed to put the spindle on upside down
Anyway that's together, no play at the hub.For now I'm waiting to do the left with the .003 steel shim and green sleeve retainer, because it will get in the way of my body repair work.
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I made a cylindrical shim with the .003" steel stock and put it all together. I forgot completely about the green Loctite... but it stayed where I wanted it to, and it can't go anywhere now.
The play is gone, although how long this repair will last remains to be seen. It should hold since (in theory) there is no movement between the kingpin and the axle...
The play is gone, although how long this repair will last remains to be seen. It should hold since (in theory) there is no movement between the kingpin and the axle...
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