Kingpin neglect

bob ward
bob ward
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
    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
    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
    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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