rebuilding front end

[marfulle]

I recently upgraded my vehicle from a project to a driver. I spent alot of hours working on my Plymouth and I want to thank all of you for helping me out along the way, I love my 1948 2 door and now that it is running I am going to start tweaking it here and there to make it perfect (well as perfect as it can get).

Does anyone know a source that can rebuild kingpins? I have never done one. I am going to rebuild the entire front end and have been collecting parts for a few month now. Any help would be appreciated.

Eric

[Andydodge]

Eric, worn kingpins are replaced, get a kingpin set which will include the bushes that generally wear the most that are a press fit into the stub axle, then the new king pin is reamed fit into the bushes, then reassemble the axle onto the upright, make sure that whoever does the bush installation ensures that the grease hole in the bush lines up with the hole in the stub axle side.....pressing the bushes into the stub axle requires a hydraulic press and a correctly sized set of reams but apart from that so long as you have the tools to pull the front end apart it not a difficult job, messy.......but thats the "fun" part......get a workshop manual as they detail what to do in them.....

[PatS....]

I took my new kingpins and old spindle to a local machine shop where they installed the bushings and reamed them to fit the new kingpin. $35 bucks.

[dezeldoc]

Just to clarify you ream the bushings to fit the kingpin. Most GOOD front end shops can rebuild them or a machine shop.

[marfulle]

Wow, that is alot.* I was hoping someone would say, just put in ball joints and call it a day. I just got a new kingpin set. I don't know if it is the right one though. It is Thompson Product Part number 355AX. does anyone know if that is the right part? How would I check to see, beside tearing down the whole front end.

Eric

[dezeldoc]

do a google search on the part number and see if anything comes up.