[tcb] Re: King Pins Question
- From: singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:57:57 -0700 (PDT)
There ought to be someone in S.A. that can do that for
you.?
--- Biggestdaddyo <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK I've got:
>
> Oak Hill in Longview
> Wagons West
> Bus Boys
> Wolfgang
>
> Thanks for all the info! I'll do a little research
> and keep you posted on how this all works out.
>
> James Oliver
>
>
> --- On Wed, 5/14/08, theresabuckner@xxxxxxx
> <theresabuckner@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > From: theresabuckner@xxxxxxx
> <theresabuckner@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 10:55 AM
> > Sammy??? I guess you mean Oak Hill Auto ??????
> Terry
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 9:41 am
> > Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question
> >
> >
> > Give the guys at Oak Auto in Longview a call,
> 903-297-3496,
> > or maybe someone else on the list has someone
> closer that
> > can do it for you.? Or you can send them to
> Wolfgang for
> > rebuilt exchange ones.? Any other ideas?
> >
> > Biggestdaddyo <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > So the old westy bus was getting kinda sloppy in
> the front
> > end. I've replaced center drag link pivot and tie
> rod
> > ends. It felt better but still wandered a bit down
> the
> > road. I took it to the alignment place and they
> set the
> > toe-in but proclaimed that the king pins are too
> worn to
> > really align it properly. They recommended
> replacement. I
> > took the bus to John Pierce (now in Converse TX)
> and he
> > informs me that he can't do bus kingpins because
> it
> > requires a special "reamer" for the bushings
> > thats larger than the ones for Type 1.
> >
> > I'm surely not the first to face this dillema. My
> > question is, what does everyone else do? Send the
> spindle
> > assemblies off to someone in distant lands? or is
> there
> > someone in Texas that can do this specialized
> machine work?
> >
> > James Oliver
>
>
>
>
>
Paul Smith
www.23window.com/thezone
T.C.B.
H.B.B.
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