Jim_Gruber
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Refitting trunnion and .008" Spacers
Got my kingpins and spindles back from Peter C yesterday. He and his team did a fabulous job in cleaning up my greasy spindles, reaming the bushings and reassembling, and then turning things back around and shipping back to me. I shipped from Dayton Monday AM UPS and they were back in hand Friday UPS. Fabulous service, thanks Peter C.
I'm at the point of dong some test fitting and need some help in understanding use of the .008" spacers that go under the trunnion pin nut. Instructions say:
Fit the top trunnion housing and thrust washer to the top of the king pin along with an 0.008" shim, tighten the king pin castellated nut and check the endfloat on the stub axle assembly; there should be slight resistance felt when moving from lock to lock and no vertical movement. If the assembly is too tight increase the number of shims on the top of the king pin, and if there is vertical movement reduce the number of shims; you can obtain a pack of various size shims from the parts specialists, generally they will come with the exchange axles. Because of variations in the top trunnion housing castings it is possible for there to be vertical movement when no shims are present. If this is the case insert a larger diameter shim above the thrust washer, (inside the top trunnion housing) and use the smaller shims for fine adjustment. Attach the shock absorbers to the car and replace any rebound buffers as necessary.
Got my kingpins and spindles back from Peter C yesterday. He and his team did a fabulous job in cleaning up my greasy spindles, reaming the bushings and reassembling, and then turning things back around and shipping back to me. I shipped from Dayton Monday AM UPS and they were back in hand Friday UPS. Fabulous service, thanks Peter C.
I'm at the point of dong some test fitting and need some help in understanding use of the .008" spacers that go under the trunnion pin nut. Instructions say:
Fit the top trunnion housing and thrust washer to the top of the king pin along with an 0.008" shim, tighten the king pin castellated nut and check the endfloat on the stub axle assembly; there should be slight resistance felt when moving from lock to lock and no vertical movement. If the assembly is too tight increase the number of shims on the top of the king pin, and if there is vertical movement reduce the number of shims; you can obtain a pack of various size shims from the parts specialists, generally they will come with the exchange axles. Because of variations in the top trunnion housing castings it is possible for there to be vertical movement when no shims are present. If this is the case insert a larger diameter shim above the thrust washer, (inside the top trunnion housing) and use the smaller shims for fine adjustment. Attach the shock absorbers to the car and replace any rebound buffers as necessary.