King pin bushings

[Busboy]

Well, I have no control over what you are set on believing....and I'm okay with that.

[fordman]

I found owners manual above a headliner in my truck. So all trucks had a extra owners manual above the headliner. Along with the original dead mouse. Also it was written in an alien laguage. Oh and the mouse had a blue oval tattooed to his back.

[elgemcdlf]

I found owners manual above a headliner in my truck. So all trucks had a extra owners manual above the headliner. Along with the original dead mouse. Also it was written in an alien laguage. Oh and the mouse had a blue oval tattooed to his back.

Silly rabbit they didn't have personal computers back then. The mouse can't be OEM. Ok if you didn't catch that just let it ferment a bit.

My truck must be even more rare than yours. The factory forgot to install the manual in mine. I have the ultra rare glove box delete option. The door is there but no glove box when you open it.

[two-bit]

Back to the original post......
When i did Kingpins in my 69 F100...MANY moons ago. I replaced them with the bronze bushings. However....once the bronze bushings were seated in the the spindles.I could not get the pins to go in. I had to hone out the inside of the bushings some until the pin went in. Somewhat snug, but in. Then i put it on the beam, installed pins, keeper bolts, end caps....and....oh yeah, GREASE, lots and lots of grease. Something the P.O. had neglected to do.
May not have been exactly the right way to do it, but it worked and i had no steering issues.
Used a brake hone, three stone spring load style to hone out the bushings.

Two-bit

[fordman]

That sounded right to me. You have to size the bushings so the king pins fit.

[elgemcdlf]

The correct way is to ream the bushings. The bushings do need sized. It would be my assumption not all spindles are identical. It also cleans any imperfections cause during install.

[guhfluh]

The correct way is to ream the bushings. The bushings do need sized. It would be my assumption not all spindles are identical. It also cleans any imperfections cause during install.

Yes, reaming, not honing is the correct procedure. The nylon replacements do not require reaming and are why many people without the means to correctly ream the bushings chose them instead of the original bronze, as it makes them much easier as well as cheaper to install, but they do not last nearly as long, even when greased. You can install the nylon at home in the garage with minimal tools, not so with the bronze. If the bronze are kept greased constantly to flush any contaminants, they will last well over 100k miles.