kind of a quick run through, hope it helps. We have years of installing and shipping steering king pins and all the replacement parts. On a good day take about 4 hours to do the rear pins and bushings on both sides, on pins that are siezed in the bushing sometimes you can beat both out together, rarely remove the spring, front pin and bush done the same way, jack, beat, repeat. King Pins The king pins and its components play a vital role in your trucks steering. thread in the pins and put on the shackles, may need adjusting to even out the secure the bolts. push bushing in till flush, make sure pin will turn easy in bushing, then tack weld it in. The cost for a kit containing bushings and kingpins can range from 500 to 1,500 and replacing them is very time consuming. To install bushing into spring, clean eye out so new tack weld has good metal, thread new bush onto pin that is on pipe and pound it in, if using one of your new pins use care not to mushroom the end or the shackle won't fit. ![]() ![]() The top bushing on the frame I unbolt and take it to the press, push out old and install new, easy. Start with placing a bottle jack between the spring and frame about a foot from the rear pin, jack up till the weight is off the pins then remove the shackles, might want to mark them if they are the "s" type, the oem pins and bushings are threaded and the bushings are tack welded into the spring eye, I cut the weld around the bushing on the out board side only with a 3" cutoff wheel, then thread in the old pin half way and pound it through with a BFH, if the pin and bushing aren't to worn it should move the bushing out of the spring, we have a new pin welded to a 4 foot pipe so we can use big hammer and not be under the truck, knocks them out quick.
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