anyone know what these are?

virge55 · May 07, 2007, 02:42:19 PM

thanks for the advice I dont have a reamer but a friend who has done a couple of these jobs before is gonna tackle it and im gonna watch an learn seems like the best idea seein as i never done king pins before and i really dont want to chance messin up ! thanks again.

12905 · May 04, 2007, 04:38:50 PM

Jim:

That's a dandy setup. In most cases that would have been a dealership tool rather than an individual mechanic's, so I don't suppose there are many of them out there.

Contrary to what Elmo54 said, replacing king pins, when you have a decent adjustable reamer set is also a piece of cake. Machine shops use the adjustable type all the time, and if you take out the material thou by thou you really can't go wrong - unless you are a complete hamfist, and I seriously doubt there are any of those in our hobby.

JimCno · May 04, 2007, 11:54:12 AM

Like I said, with this tool kit, it is a piece of cake...

elmo · May 04, 2007, 02:32:26 AM

i had a reamer the same as 12905 described ,it was my fathers, he purchased it in the fifties for kingpin replacement .i inherited it along with most of his mechanical tools in the late sixties ,but i was never confident enough to use it and when i replaced the king pins on my 37 i made a deal with a freind who is a qualified fitter and turner to fit my kingpins in exchange for the reamer.he will be doing the ones on my 39 Desoto shortly .In my opinion it is one of the jobs on your car that should be done by an expert, your wheel alinement and steering depend on it...Rex

JimCno · May 03, 2007, 07:57:19 PM

Chrysler made a special tool set for king pins. It had a drift pin to extract and install the bushings and a reamer that would fit both bushings at the same time to make sure it was properly aligned.

I got one for not a lot of money on Ebay and it really made the job easy.

12905 · May 03, 2007, 06:55:53 PM

Another solution is the use of an adjustable reamer with an extension and pilot sleeve. The pilot and its sleeve look just like a clutch disc aligning tool and works the same way. I think this system does a better job than a hone unless you happen to have a Sunnen pin fitting unit.

Pin should be fitted so that it is a "thumb push (without unduly stressing your thumb) when the bushings are clean and dry and all protective goo has been washed off the pins and they are dry also. Fit them too loose, and the job is wasted; fit them too tight and grease doesn't get through and soon they are too loose.

MRR41 COUPE · May 03, 2007, 08:56:35 AM

Don't hammer the kingpins in the bushings. More than likely your have to home the bushings to get a tight fit. If you force them to fit, you got problems.

virge55 · May 03, 2007, 04:02:27 AM

cool thanks gang! looks like a job thats gotta be done, now where did I put that hammer!!!

elmo · May 03, 2007, 03:07:05 AM

they are king pins bushings and caps as jim says if they are the right ones for your car which they look to be , they also fit a range of chrysler vehicles ranging from 37.38.39,thoughto55 plymouth six's .dodge, the one i know is 39 d11 could be others . chrysler c22, desoto s6. these are some of the ones that i know to be the same . as i have an old box left over from when i fitted king pins to my 37 plymouth that i used to have . that has the applications printed on it, there could be more .....REX

JimCno · May 02, 2007, 06:50:15 PM

Probably from an older car (circa '35) That looks like the kingpins from my '35. Sometime there after, they replaced one of those bushings with a race with needle bearings.

MRR41 COUPE · May 02, 2007, 08:59:53 AM

Their king pins, bushings and caps

virge55 · May 02, 2007, 07:59:50 AM

This lot was found under the rear seat in my savoy when i bought it. now i know they are steering/suspension parts it says so on the box but I cant find any thing in the manual that relates to them! any ideas?