Dana 60 king pin disassembly... Help?
Thread Starter
|
Cargo Master
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,298
Likes: 26
From: NJ
Dana 60 king pin disassembly... Help?
I bought a Dana 60 from an '87 F-350 to swap into my '86 F-250. Lower ball joint going out and no sense wasting money on teh Dana 50 TTB. Regardless. I am completely disassembling the axle to clean, paint, and replace anything necessary. I have one side almost done, brakes off, spindle and caliper bracket off. Upper king pin bolts and bushings out. Just trying to remove the lower pin.
Well one of the lower pin bolts snapped off despite using heat and PB. So I got 3 out and trying to remove the plate so I can get the knuckle off and attempt to remove or drill out the snapped bolt. Don't have a 7/8" hex stock to remove the upper pin, will get that this week. Anyone have suggestions to remove this? I just been attacking it with MAPP gas, PB, a hammer and an air chisel. Trying not to booger up the knuckle or lower pin too much. Thoughts?
Well one of the lower pin bolts snapped off despite using heat and PB. So I got 3 out and trying to remove the plate so I can get the knuckle off and attempt to remove or drill out the snapped bolt. Don't have a 7/8" hex stock to remove the upper pin, will get that this week. Anyone have suggestions to remove this? I just been attacking it with MAPP gas, PB, a hammer and an air chisel. Trying not to booger up the knuckle or lower pin too much. Thoughts?
Thread Starter
|
Cargo Master
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,298
Likes: 26
From: NJ
Last night I did the whole spinny thing like you said and that worked great for the side that I didn't snap a bolt on. THe sidfe with the snapped bolt won't allow me to rotate the lower pin since the bolt is snapped flush with the cover of the lower pin. So I can't rotate. I've been going at it for an hour with MAPP gas, PB Blaster, a 4 lb hammer, and an impact chisel. No luck. Haven't hardly moved it.
I have a tentative plan... Drill out a larger hole in the grease fitting hole and tap for my slide hammer. Not sure if it'll work but worth a shot. I've just about given up on getting it out intact since the air hammer is taking a toll on the lower pin/plate. If my slide hammer doesn't do it I may just take the whole housing to the machine shop and have them remove the lower pin, knuckle, and king pins, then hot tank the whole thing. Any other suggestions before I give up?
I have a tentative plan... Drill out a larger hole in the grease fitting hole and tap for my slide hammer. Not sure if it'll work but worth a shot. I've just about given up on getting it out intact since the air hammer is taking a toll on the lower pin/plate. If my slide hammer doesn't do it I may just take the whole housing to the machine shop and have them remove the lower pin, knuckle, and king pins, then hot tank the whole thing. Any other suggestions before I give up?
