Coned pins for flip axle

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  1. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    That and being on level ground helps
     
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  3. blacklabel

    blacklabel Heavy Load Member

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    I been trying to decide if I was a lil off camber or the flip is slightly tweaked
     
  4. Old Man

    Old Man Road Train Member

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    Fontains are always hard, they machine pins for a tight fit.
    Take to a machine shop and remove a few mm from the thickness and taper the ends.
     
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  5. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    I said I would take a picture if it helped, here's the valve setup I have on my pin on 4th. I hook the air then I use the two valves to fine tune the axle. The blue line goes to the suspension, I close the back one and open the front one that inflates the bags, if I need it down a little I close the front one and open the back. You just have to make sure you open the front one once your hooked up.

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  6. noluck

    noluck Road Train Member

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    I tote a little 3 ton bottle jack. Put it under the flip at the pin holes. Work like a champ. Unless it's wet and muddy then it's kinda nasty
     
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  7. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    That works but this is even easier than that.
     
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  8. sbaumann14

    sbaumann14 Road Train Member

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    on my Talbert. I just ground down the pins a bit with the grinder to taper them
     
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  9. blacklabel

    blacklabel Heavy Load Member

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    Well I did it in 5 min Wed so maybe was just figuring it out
     
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