Rick -
Busy summer here, too:
Yes, you do need to drive out that tapered pin. Good luck. On mine,
one came out easily, the other was jammed tight.
There isn't a "stud", per se. The A-arm has a short sleeve brazed to
either side of it. One sleeve is closed off, the other (the end with a
grease fitting) has a cap that screws on. Under the cap (inside the
sleeve) is a fulcrum pin that you can (theoretically) unscrew with a
big screwdriver. I say "theoretically" because on mine, the fulcrum
pin was fused to the kingpin, so that the fulcrum could only be
unscrewed about 1/2 turn.
I ended up cutting the kingpin away from the A-arm. I hope you don't
have the same hassle.
BTW: There's a good changce that the fulcrum pin will have boogered up
the inside of the sleeve, meaning that you will have to have new
sleeves brazed to the A-arm. If you do, have them put a 2nd grease
fittin on the closed end. That way you can really grease the fulcrum
pin properly adn never have to do the job again.
Chris K.
> Hi All,
>
> It's been a busy Summer. Wish I had more time to spend on the list,
but
> with all that has happened, I just haven't had the time.
>
> I was asked about separating the kingpins from the aframes. I have
> never performed this op. But I have resourses that have. So How do
you
> get the Aframe apart from the Kingpins? It looks like there is a
small
> tapered pin that needs to be driven out. Then the stud that holds it
> onto the A-frame will unscrew. How do you drive the pin out, and
with
> what can you grasp the stud? It looks like I can't get two nuts on
it
> to remove it like a head bolt. Is it a throw away after you remove
the
> stud because you tear up the threads with vice grips?
>
> Wrong way Rickie
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