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Lower King Pin Bearing Cap help... The little bastard won't come off! I can't get a screwdriver or chisel in between it and the knuckle so I can start prying. Any suggestions?

Hmmm. That changes things, yet also clarifies them.

Crap.... so I have king pins instead of ball joints?????

Here's the parts I took off today. Passenger front spindle seems to be in great shape. Lucky me! There is an awful lot of rust everywhere though, and I guess that's to be expected. I was surprised to see rust INSIDE the axle though. Lesson learned the hard way... The mantra is if it's...

Here's where I stopped. Took off the upper and lower bolts on what I believe is called the steering knuckle. I have new ball joints, so I'd like to replace them, but can't figure out how to get the old ones out. Checked TM's all the way to 20, 20p, 34, and 34p and still out of luck. Myabe...

Need to get one of those pitman pullers. This should be a salvageable part, but I'd like to inspect it.

Here's what I took of today. All the joints in the steering linkage/tie rods need replacing...which means the linkage/tie rods need replacing I guess.

$45??? Everything I see is almost 10 times that

Well, this sucks I guess...

Yeah, I've noticed that some places let you order just the spindle/cotter pin/nut, and some you order the spindle as attached to the rotor thing. I'll probably go the latter route. As for the hubs, I haven't really gotten much of a look yet.

I may or may not have that... I think. I'm brain dead at this point.

So, I've got bearings and seals, got new brake pads (might as well change them)... I know I need a new spindle and the spindle nuts/washer, probably need new locking hubs. Anything else that I should change out while I'm down there? Would like to make just one big order from the same place.

Just waiting of funding and parts at the moment. This got expensive quickly.

I'm gonna need one for sure. And the nuts/washer

Indeed it is.

Cleaned up the spindle a bit to check it out. It is most assuredly trashed. The remainder of the bearing will wiggle around, but there's no point in removing it. Everything is gouged out pretty good.

Can I blame spell-check?:drool:

Hats off to Nefarious and timntrucks for their patience and phone calls, and to the forum for awesomeness. This ain't over yet, but at least I'm at a good point where it's apart. [thumbzup]

Well, I got it off. Here's some pics of the spindle, pretty sure it needs replaced. Nefarious, this ought to look real familiar to you... bearing chunks everywhere. The pic with the nut, that's where a chunk popped off as I was trying to remove it. Glad I was wearing gloves when that breaker...

Well, breaker bar and a cheater pipe got the outer ring off, breaking the ring in the process. Now that I've gotten the inner ring to where the outer ring was stuck, it's starting to dig in as well. I've noticed (tried to get good angle) that the rings/nuts aren't centered up on the spindle...