[tcb] Re: King Pins Question
- From: Biggestdaddyo <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 09:28:50 -0700 (PDT)
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
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