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How did you get your lower king pins out mine are stuck? As stated in my reply to jets1959's PM. Figured i would share with the rest. I removed the grease zerk to relieve any pressure build up. Then I hit the inside corner ( not the straight side but the curved side ) of the king pin with...

After verifying with ORD that I had the correct kit,he told me to place a washer inbetween the spring and the retainer because the bushing isnt seating down all the way. I will only be doing this on the passanger side since the driver side seats fine. Will keep you guys posted

Well, I ended up ordering a king pin rebuild kit from ORD $66.00 per side. ( just came in yesterday $154.00 for 2 after shipping ) I just got the spindle back on and the passenger side has some slop. I found out that the index on the bushing is smaller then the groove and you can here it hit...

The 7/8 allen wrench i purchased from Northern Tool for $16.99 worked GREAT...(Because it made in USA ) I sprayed the upper king pins with PB Blaster let sit for10 mins put a 6 foot cheater bar on it and gave it a good pull with 1 arm and POP threaded out the rest of the way by hand. Both came...

Thanks sweetk30. Im going to order the kits now and i will post again with results...

I bought my 7/8 " allen wrench at Northern tool...$16.99 made in USA I was thinking something like that to but my welder is cranky.

Yes you would replace the uppers? Would you consider the lowwers to be shot? I have a 7/8 " allen wrench, the only tool i dont have ( yet ) is a 3/4 " torq wrench to torq the king pins. I do appretiate the offer of help. If you lived closer i would buy you a beer...:beer:

Would you guys change these upper king pins? Agreeing with sweetk30s advice I'm replacing everything else while I have it taken apart. But I have a bad shoulder and if these king pins can be salvaged then i will leave them in. Pic 1 and 2 are driver side pic 3 and 4 are passanger side...

You rock bro thanks

Sweetk30,I'm definitely going to look into the bronze bushings. I like the fact they have steel pins. The previous owner of my 1028 installed new bushings when i bought it about a year ago and the lock tab is already sheared off. As for the spring its hard to compare my old spring to the new one...

My springs look ok but both my bushings are cracked. Does anyone have a new spring that they can grab a measurement from?