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Although the number of king pin parts may appear daunting at first glance, the fact is king pins front axle components are usually pretty easy to replace if they ever need service beyond regular greasing. Time has proven the Dana 60/Dana 61 king pin design to be the most durable front axle steering components ever installed in Class 2 3/4 ton and Class 3 1 ton 4x4 trucks. 1976 to 1993 Dodge Dana 60 and Dana 61 front axles use greasable and rebuildable king pins instead of ball joints to mount the steering knuckles to the axle housing. We stock all the normal replacement parts for Dana 60 king pin type front axles. Order your king pin parts from our store today!

And, if you are new to modifying your king pins, the experts at Torque King can help you find the components you need.

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We carry full Dana 60 king pin kits, as well as small parts ranging from gaskets to springs. If you're starting to experience problems with a shaky steering wheel, king pin parts may be what you need to stabilize and repair your truck's steering back to normal. )Ī retarded child can lay a credit card or pile-up cash on a counter.Shop Torque King's selection of Dana 60 king pin components for 1978-1979 Ford F250 and F350 vehicles. One that's going to have to do it and them some that we didn't think to mention too.

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Ford didn't -bother- (thank you Ford! ) to putĪll we can do is make suggestions for where and how to check out your pickup, you are the In the Ford Integral power steering gear. If youĬan -see- the lost motion we are talking about a lot of slop! :) BTDT. Helper rock the steering wheel and you -feel- each joint for motion (= lost motion). Loose steering parts and just grabbing the top checks the wheel bearings and ball joints orīut the best way to find loose parts in the steering (other than loose kingpins) is to have a Grabbing the wheel front and rear and moving it that way works on little cars to test for

I ended up having to keep it, it's now out there on a pallet. Wow they sure make flimsy wheels huh? ) They got it both ways tho. PepBoys left me hanging, had to call the wheel outfit myself and they blamed it on PepBoysīending it somehow. IME about one out of three or four steel wheels is too crooked (from the factory) to use! :/ĭiscount Tire worked with me and took back the one crooked wheel I got from them and Kingpins are just one little part of the whole thing.Īre they brand new steel wheels or alloy wheels? If you want it to drive real nice and smooth at high speed everything needs to be 'right'. we recently put on some take off's on the car to get rid of the worn bald tires. the wobble will increase from what it has to it already. BIT WITH AN ADVANTAGEOUS assignors to Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Mich. maybe a pitman arm that has bad splines to it. a left and a right king pin rotatably mounting said left and depending from. i doubt the steering box would give you any wobbling those. the steering box can be worn some and either need adjusting or rebuilt. also radius arm bushings could be worn or loose. from there it would move to check the king pins fo rwear. kind of a long shot but some one could have bent it at some time in its life. anything that goes around :ie tires rims wheel bearings races drum or disc hub. since the king pin is the only thing there at that point that can be checked by pushing and pulling the hub in and out.įor a wobble while you are driving. i had to assume he meant steering linkages and up from there. I am unsure what alvin meant by every other part. Have that many miles on them and I'd greased 'em every 3000 miles figured, they'd be better )ĭo yourself a favor take the knuckles off, clean 'em up and take them to the machine shopĪnd get new king pins and brass bushings.īought an axle at the junkyard once (after an accident) and since my new kingpins didn't A single new part can stop it but doesn't reallyĪnyway, here's your chance to keep from getting it for a long time. IMO, I figure death wobble to more of an accumulation of looseness fromĪll the parts together than a single part.

The 'top and bottom rocking' test didn't show any real looseness yet I had 'death I figure it was the end-play that was mostly causing my 'death There's end play involved too see? And figuring that one out is tricky with all that dangged starting in elementary school I've been contrary as anything. :/Īlmost no one will agree with me and almost everyone will agree with what you posted! :) I know that's the 'common knowledge' way to do it but IME it doesn't work very good. The bottom and push and pull to see if there is any movement. Grab a hold of the tire with one hand on the top and one hand on