Kingpin eyes wore out. -Where to or how to fix.

check this video out from Stemco on their kit. Someone else posted it here and I watched it.

http://www.stemcokaiser.com/library/installation-instructions/qwik-kit-video/

 

I removed the axle and sent it out for repair on the last one I had like that, but it's been awhile. You might call around to a few shops in your area and see who they use for this work.

 

I don't have a press at home for putting in the knuckle bushings. If this is available for my Airtek, guess which way I am going if it's ever needed again.

 

seems there's a couple using the moniker...

http://www.theoriginalaxlesurgeons.com/

http://axlesurgeons.com:82/about_us.a5w

 

You can purchase it....

But it will likely run you $5000 or better for it. Pretty much a portable boring machine.

 

What you are needing is to have the axle bored out and rebushed. This is done with what they call a line bore machine. They make portable line bore machines that will do the job, the thing to watch out for, especially on the king pins, is that you need that bore to be rebored on exactly the same plane as the original bore. If it isn't you would never keep tires on it at best, at worst you might not keep it on the road on straight highway, let alone a curve. Having said this the thing that must always be considered is the man running the line bore, just like in every other field, you have the good and the bad.

So what you need to know are a couple of things, who has a good reputation running a portable linebore, and is there enough of the old portion of the bore that is not worn, what they always try and do is centerup on a good portion of the old bore, (a section of the bore that is not worn), and this makes things a lot easier, if the original bore is to deformed to centerup on, then it gets tricky, is there a flat surface that is exactly perpindicular to the bore that could be used? I have seen some of the jobs by the axle surgeons, some are alright for what they are, and some aren't, what you run in to in some cases, say on an axle stub replacement, is long after the axle surgeon is gone, in a few months down the road you notice that you can never seem to keep the tires from wearing, and there would be no way of solving this with alignment, (the axle stub was not put on straight). Check the bore and see if there is any portion of the bore that is still straight, (not worn).

Then call around to your local machine shops and start asking if they have a portable linebore and do they have someone that can rebore and bush your kingpin bore, and is this something that they would stand behind, if the new bore is not on the same plane as the old one. I see that you are from southern Indiana. If you don't have any luck, P.M. me and I will lookup a guy up north of me that is pretty sharp, I still have his info somewhere in a filing cabinet. He has a shop a few miles south of Wabash, Indiana. As far as cost, I wouldn't have a guess anymore, it might be a good idea to check the price on taking the axle to them, and here again, would they stand behind their work, I hope this makes sense, and helps.

You would need the new components in hand when you have the axle bored, so that they could use the new pins for measurements to make the new bushings. Another idea would be to call the Pete Dealer and ask who they use for a linebore on the axle, a lot of times the service department will give you this information, for that matter, it wouldn't have to be a Pete dealer, this problem comes up at all the dealerships and truck garages.