>Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 23:52:18 -0700
>To: chasdoug@gte.net
>From: "Dave, ...... just Dave" <dfox@blarg.net>
>Subject: Re: King Pins
>
>Chas,
> I can't say how serious your play is but it sounds pretty sloppy.
>I've been told that if the king pins are gone so's the fulcrum that holds the
>swivel axle to the a-arm. Also, if the fulcrum is to be replaced it is
best to
>get rebuilt a-arms to accept the new hardware.
>I know, it sounds HUGE .....
>I brought my a-arms w/swivel axles still attached to Brooklands in Tacoma.
>They said $80 for king pins $40 for pressing in the new bushings (both sides)
>and $160/exchange for a-arms. If you do that you might as well replace
your steering arm
>tie rod ends $30. All new polyurethane bushings $30. How are your fr.
wheel bearings ? $70
>Provided your steering gear/shocks are in good condition you'll have "like
new" handling for around
>$400 and it'll last for years.
>That's a bargain when you consider all the people who pay that amount
yearly just to license their
>car !
>
>Dave Fox
>Seattle
>'67 Midget
>
>
>
>
>At 09:58 PM 4/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>I found a shop that could actually do the front end alignment on my
>>bugeye (damn these cars are small, and thanks Ulix!).
>>
>>They warned me that my king pins are worn. He demonstrated perhaps 1/8
>>inch movement of the top and bottom of the wheel with hands placed
>>vertically, both sides.
>>
>>I don't know much about suspension (my wife would say I don't know much
>>about anything, but we didn't ask her), so what does this mean? Am I
>>playing with fire, about to crash and burn in a horrible accident at
>>25mph, unsafe at any speed? Or is the front suspension just a little
>>sloppy, and going to get a little more sloppy for the next 20 or 30
>>thousand miles?
>>
>>Mini Mania has stub axle assemblies with the king pin bushes reamed in
>>(did I get all that right?) on sale this month. Is it time to get out
>>my checkbook?
>>
>>Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
>>
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