Steer axle

[Rawze]

(05-23-2020 )74bassman Wrote:  Just found out that my Kingpins are part of the axle, and cannot be replace. The stealership here said the kingpins are mold in the whole assembly. Anybody else heard of this.

the quickest way to get ripped off by a mechanic is to have that idiot jack up your front end and take a pry-bar to the tire.. then wiggle it up and down and claim your king pins are shot --- not ever once considering any expected tolerances... I see it on a daily basis.


-- What is the tolerance you are seeing? -- Have you measured it with dial indicator and compered it to the service manual specs? -- if not, your wasting your time even thinking about it, and any mechanic that would even suggest you replace a king pin on an axle without using a dial indicator and knowing exactly the backlash --- is a completely full of s#it idiot!.



what type/brand of axle u have? some brands of them are not meant to be replaced, but only the brass bushings when there becomes too much play in it (measured via a dial indicator).