dezeldoc Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 Well doing the disc brake conversion on the 50 I noticed the king pins were a little loose so I went and rebushed them, went to the bucket of reams and guess what, I don't have the right size! Out of 20 something reams nada,nothing. Checked with a couple guys around here and they have nothing either. Now do I pay someone to do it or buy a ream? it is about the same price so I think I will just buy it so next time I have it. nothing worse than not having the right tool for the job!! Oh well had to vent, but I feel better now. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 15, 2008 Report Posted September 15, 2008 Murphy says it is always the one you don't have...dollar for dollar..buying the tool and having it later is always best..money spent the same..why not have the tool.. Quote
Californian Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 You might look for a machine shop with the Sunnen Expandable Hone and that will allow you to have a wet stone used to size those new king pin bushings to the pins ...I was fortunate enough that the place I worked at the time had one and learned how to use it on king pin rebuilds on their fleet of Dodge trucks... Tom (09) Quote
greg g Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 So the next time you need to rebush the kingpins will be, even at an accelerated wear rate, 30 years from now????? You will probably loose that new ream by then any way.....Of course if you buy a pile more old mopars it might come in handy. But like it has been said one can never have enough tools. Seems like you are sitting on the horns of a dilema. Quote
Fluid drive Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I have a complete set of Chrichely adjustable angle blade reamers I have used for most of my life for kingpin, distributor,steering sector,etc bushings. It would be normal for most any machine shop to have a set on hand. The nice thing about these is that you can set these to cut up to the point the last finishing can be done by a hone . Now ...make sure the guys doing the reaming USE A CENTERING GUIDE because both eyes of the spindle MUST be reamed in line. If anyone reams those bushings on a wrist pin hone one at a time he will ruin the job. How far from Wyoming are you? Quote
dezeldoc Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 Already done and back together! took them to a machine shop and had them done, I did not want to wait for the ream, was 2 weeks out. Quote
PatS.... Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I had the machine shop install the bushings and ream them out as well...$35...well worth it. One day in and out. Quote
Jim Saraceno Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 Probably a good decision to let the machine shop do it. The kingpins take a special reamer that assures both reams line up perfectly. Quote
dezeldoc Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 Probably a good decision to let the machine shop do it. The kingpins take a special reamer that assures both reams line up perfectly. I have done this many times before but out of 20 something reams I did not have this one. Quote
James_Douglas Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 Mine was a real PITA as the Desoto shares the Big Chrysler 8 chasis and the king pin uses one bushing and one bearing. It is much larger that the rest of the MOPAR stuff and it took months to find the correct ream with the part to fit into the bearing. James Quote
Don Coatney Posted February 3, 2009 Report Posted February 3, 2009 Mine was a real PITA as the Desoto shares the Big Chrysler 8 chasis and the king pin uses one bushing and one bearing. It is much larger that the rest of the MOPAR stuff and it took months to find the correct ream with the part to fit into the bearing.James James; Did you buy or rent the reamer? Quote
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