Pin Hone King Pin Honeing

[lalkie64]

I live in Grand Junction Co about 250 miles from Denver. I have been unable to find a machine shop that can hone king pins.  Does anyone in Denver know if there is a place that installs and hones king pins? Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks Larr

[Tooljunkie]

Machine shop.

reamers are used. 
my local machine shop made up an adapter to use a short reamer to bore out the bushings. 

[lalkie64]

I always thought reaming was a little sloppy.  Were you happy with the fit?  What is the name of your local machine shop?  Thanks Larry

[ggdad1951]

Reaming is sloppy?  It's how you get the truest and cleanest diameters.

[Dodgeb4ya]

I have always had them done accurately on a sunnen hone type machine.

Better .001 to .002" fit.

 

Edited July 15, 2021 by Dodgeb4ya

[kencombs]

Way back in the 60s/70s I had access to  a 50 ton press, Sunnen pin hone, valve seat machine and valve refacer in the back of a parts store that had stopped doing such work.  I bought all my parts there and they let me use the machines whenever I needed them.  Boy, I miss having that quality of stuff at my disposal. 

 

I have a press and valve stuff, but nothing like the quality they had.

 

The hone made king pins a quick and easy job.  Not necessarily better than a reamer, but certainly faster.

Edited July 15, 2021 by kencombs

[Dodgeb4ya]

Not many quality automotive machine shop guys left anymore who can do excellent machine work.

Edited July 16, 2021 by Dodgeb4ya
DA working mistake.

[desoto1939]

What about a Diesel Truck repair shop they use kingpins or a Hotrod Shop in your area.  What about an engine rebuilder in your area.

 

rich Hartung

desoto1939@aol.com

[lalkie64]

I haven's tried a diesel shop but will check.  I stopped at the only hot rod shop in town.  They didn't know of anyone in town that hones king pins.  Any know of a hot rod shop in Denver that can hone the pins?  Thanks Larry

[Plymouthy Adams]

why a hot rod shop.....95% or better of them farm machine work out to the local machine shops as it is and most only use prefabricated components.....find a real machine shop in your area and get it done....

[dmartin_egroup]

Good evening:

Many years ago, J.C.Whitney sold kits of king pins with bushings and misc parts.  They also sold a manual reamer that was the size for your kit.  Reamer could be turned with a wrench.  (The bushings are what gets reamed, of course, not the pins, as several post seem to imply.). Possibly hand reamers are still available??

[Tooljunkie]

They are. But finding the long one may be a challenge. Most machine shop supply houses will have them. King pin reamer. Need diameter of the king pin. I have a 47 coming for king pins, guess i will be making a video.