Kingpin neglect

bob ward
bob ward Senior Contributor
edited April 2013 in HUDSON
I'm removing the kingpins from the front axle of my 35 H8 roadster project. I've tried using a skinny drift through the grease nipple hole but these pins are TIGHT. In order to attack the kingpins with a decent diameter drift I removed the top of the bush and this is what I found, 3 ball bearings (there should be 6?) and grit instead of grease, its drier than a witches teat.

The other side is the same except there are ZERO ball bearings. You have to wonder just how hard a life some cars have had.

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  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Were there grease fittings, and the former owners just neglected them? Or did the grease fittings come off (and let all the grease come out)?

    How could this have happened?
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Bob, get a steel block under the axle, use a little heat on the stub axle, and a BIG hammer. it will come out eventually.
  • bob ward
    bob ward Senior Contributor
    Finally got the kingpins out of the stub axles. I did it in a hydraulic press, got up to 15 tons before the pin decided to start moving, made a bang that started every dog start barking for a mile around. That's a fairly impressive force I reckon for a 3/4" pin with a little under 3" of engagement.
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