[tcb] Re: King Pins Question
- From: Eric Woodall <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 13:54:44 -0500
Here is Nate's website:
http://www.wagenswest.com/
Real good guy to deal with.
Biggestdaddyo wrote:
> OK I've got:
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> Oak Hill in Longview
> Wagons West
> Bus Boys
> Wolfgang
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> Thanks for all the info! I'll do a little research and keep you posted on
> how this all works out.
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> James Oliver
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> --- On Wed, 5/14/08, theresabuckner@xxxxxxx <theresabuckner@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wed, 14 May 2008 9:41 am
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: King Pins Question
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>> 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?
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>> 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.
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>> 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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