Spindle off

[eric wissing]

I got one spindle off. I had to go get a 3' peice of pipe for presuassion. One more to go. I hope I can leave the king pin in and send them off as they are!!

At one point I tried to convince myself that a disc conversion set that required me to change rims and tires wouldn't be all bad I am hoping the other isn't worse than this. ERic

[Normspeed]

Hang in there Eric. Did some rubber seals drop out when you removed the knuckle? Hang onto those, you'll need them later.

[eric wissing]

Sure did Norm, I have a box marked "Rt" and one marked "Left". I even have a yellow crayon to mark drums etc. Pretty organized for me. I was thinking about getting new rubber bushings since I am already there. I could not have gotten this far without the forum. Then again without the Forum would I have gotten myself into this mess!! Eric

[PatS....]

Glad you got it all aprt.

I'm curious as to why you wouldn't replace the kingpins and bushings while it's all apart?

Are they fairly new?

[eric wissing]

Pat, you are right, heck they seem fine, no wobble that I can tell. I wouldn't mess with them myself. I would find a machine shop? I just don't want to booger anything up at this point!! Eric

[Jim Yergin]

Eric,

I have the AAJ disc brake kit on my P12 both front and rear and I am using stock wheels. I think the same goes for Charlie Akers kit. If you were going to make the change, now would be a good time since the spindles are out and the required drilling and tapping can be done.

Jim Yergin

[eric wissing]

Jim, I will have the king pins done. I would guess they are pretty good. The car drove nice and straight and didn't wander even with the bias tires. Eric

[PatS....]

I am pretty sure my kingpins were OK as were the bushings, but I thought I would have more peace of mind if I KNEW they were NEW and not over 30 years old as I was hurtling down the highway at a blistering 60mph.

Besides, it wasn't a fun job that I want to repeat anytime soon. Knowing my luck, something that I didn't replace would break in very short order and I would be doing it again.

Now I know for sure the condition of everything up there.

[eric wissing]

60? I am thinking of 65!! with the 100 lbs of lees dirt stuck to the suspension and the lighter disc brakes, who knows . . . 70?? Eric

[Don Coatney]

When I pulled my king pins for the disc install they were not in bad shape. I discussed replacement with my machine shop anyway. I was told to leave well enough alone as the original bushings are made from better materials than what is available today. I put everything back together using the original bushings.