Any easy way to fix a stripped upper king pin? Mine was loose so I was torquing it down and it stripped, the threads in the C are damaged. I did a quick internet search and all I found is to weld it.
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Upper King Pin repair
- Thread starter doubletrouble
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That’s all I know to fix it. Get it hot, crank the amps up, weld it, and then rethread it.
Hoping to not go that far with a repair.
I have red neck repairs that aren’t internet approved. Need those?
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That’s my plan at the moment, thought I’d see if there was any other options.
I was thinking maybe a 14 bolt steer axle from Crane but realized that would cost more than my $100 budget.
This x 2
I've seen it work 4 or 5 times, just be careful and get everything clean and square. Both parts are steel and weld just fine.
Your options are MiG and TiG
Stick works, pretty dirty
Any thoughts on what caused it? I just did king pins and had the housing on the ground while standing on a 4' pipe to tighten it up. I figured they were mostly indestructible.
The king pin still threads in it just won’t tighten down much so it will be easy to get it square.
I replaced the king pins about 7 or 8 years ago and I’m guessing I didn’t get them tight enough. I read they are supposed to be torqued to 550ftlbs. I had the upper steering arm off tonight checking things out and noticed the pin was loose, I got it to 525 when it stripped out.
I can mig it, I might see if my buddy will tig it for me.
?? Is that torque spec correct? Double check the specs ...
Thoughts, Mitchell Differentials , Shrewsbury, ma. Full custom + rebuilders. Seen them doing big king pin machining work on axles. From images, they should be able to recommended a repair procedure
Lots of heat is your friend
Personally I’d clean the crap out of it and run jet rod as hot as you can and heat it after so it cools slower.
If you opt to machine it, let me know. My axle guy specializes in odd ball crap. He may have the tap already. He’s down this way though
The threads are just bad enough.
