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10-12-2013, 09:36 PM
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king pins
one of my winter projects this winter is to change the king pins on my 87 1 ton dana 60. I have never done one. do they unscrew? pressed in ?
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10-12-2013, 11:34 PM
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Re: king pins
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10-13-2013, 11:18 AM
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Re: king pins
Crewcabshorty- I just did this a couple weeks ago replacing EVERYTHING on my dana 60 for my 91' crew cab. I basically started with a housing and bought every bearing, seal, bushing including new srw hub and rotors for mine. Changing the kingpins was not as hard as most posts you will read about. I bought a 7/8" Allen wrench from Grainger item #4RE72 for 27.00. I applied a little heat around the base of the kingpin and with the help of a 8' cheater pipe (1/4" DOM 2" tubing) slipped over the Allen wrench.... Pop! They came right out. You will be surprised how well they are in there. It took everything I had on the end of the cheater stick, lol. Installing them, clean the surface well, apply some red loctite and reverse the big cheater stick method. I've done this before and had years of daily driving with no problems. Just don't be afraid to lean on it when tightening them. Remember they were almost 600'lbs of torque from factory. Hope this helps.
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10-13-2013, 11:35 AM
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Re: king pins
600 ftlbs !?! I'm gonna need a bigger torque wrench...
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10-13-2013, 02:45 PM
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10-13-2013, 03:35 PM
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Re: king pins
I was honestly worried about the Allen wrench giving way but surprisingly it's made the in good ol USA and it never bent or anything. If you hear anything as your tightening them down its prob not ur homemade torque wrench but rather a hernia or hemroid bursting.
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