Did they measure the holes in the spindle before they installed the bushings? The spindle can "egg" out after a million miles or so.
I replaced the steer axle at 1.3 million for this problem. It was cheaper to get a reworked axle than replace the spindles, since the shifting kingpin bushings wobbled the spindles...which screwed up the ball joints and the steering seemed to catch sometimes and be too loose at others.
And you can bet the the spindle holes will be MICRed every time the kingpins are replaced. It was only off by a few thousandth, but it doesn't take much.
after 1,228,197 miles
Discussion in 'Kenworth Forum' started by rollin coal, May 30, 2014.
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Great. Things you never knew before $1,700 gets spent. TAFA in Nashville did the work. I don't know how they checked everything but they seem thorough. They always did a good job on alignments.
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The guy that normally works on it was out sick for the season. He works on pit and logging trucks so he's seen it before. Drop 80k in a trailer and the tractor wears quick. He knew what was going on when I started complaining. Convincing Nacarato was another problem. -
The mechanic that did the tear down and build told me when we were inspecting it on the rack that with my type of axle if it goes too long they egg out too much and the axle has to be replaced. Eyeball judgement there on the spot mine wasn't so bad he said. Course that ain't mic'ing it.
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1.1 million miles on my T800. I'm sure they are on their last legs. Bought this truck used in 2007....IIRC it had 800,000 on it then. Not sure if they were done before we got it but I doubt it.
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Always greased the bottom ones first . With the truck sitting on the tires , you hit it with a good grease gun you will see the truck raise up .
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If the holes for the pins in the axle are out of round I would think that the truck would just wonder all over the place, you would never be able to keep it in a straight line. I wonder if maybe they something a little to "true."
Courtesy of: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=4
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There's nothing on the work order about adjusting on the steering box and it was never a complaint but the darn steering just feels a tad tight for whatever reason.
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mine are presently "out of round" and was told by the guys who replaced them that they would last about a year or two before needing replacement again
figured i would have the situation properly corrected this winter
but it drives straight, without a wobble
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