King Pins??
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King Pins??
I took My 1991 E150 Econline Van in for an Alignment today, They said that the King Pins needed replaced in the Right Front and would not do the Alignment. What are the King Pins?? I have looked in My Manual and they are not listed. Are they called something else? Is it something I can do or should I have somebody do them?
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king pins are the spindle pivot pin on the end of the axel. only thing is, i thought 91 had already gone to the balljoint front end.
if it has king pins, take it to a shop. they can be a REAL bear to change.
if it doesnt have king pins, take to a differant front end shop! the alingment tech has no idea what he is doing!
if it has king pins, take it to a shop. they can be a REAL bear to change.
if it doesnt have king pins, take to a differant front end shop! the alingment tech has no idea what he is doing!
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'92 was the 1st year of the camber adjustable ball joint I-beam front end.
'91 still had king pins & required a massive hydraulic jack fixture to bend the I-beams to adjust camber.
Originally Posted by Jimbare
i thought 91 had already gone to the balljoint front end.
(Sideways Motor) Very Hard and Exhaust Manifolds on My Van, I think I can Probably do it.
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Better look at the procedure in a manual first. If your's doesn't show king pins try another manual. Don't forget many libraries loan many manuals & have larger shop manuals in their reference sections. IMO king pins can be more difficult than exhaust manifolds & much more difficult than good fitting headers, depending on the vehicle. Since you deal with critical suspension components errors could result in serious control issues, whereas errors installing manifolds & headers might make noise or leak exhaust. Also if you get it apart & can't get it back together right, you might not even be able to roll the vehicle.
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The 1975/91 Econolines are essentially the same vehicle. The first real change from 1975 occured in 1992. Besides having all new sheet metal, they have a new front suspension which no longer uses kingpins.
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