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Not particularly vintage, but decided to go a little more old-fashioned on the interior of the truck and install a lovely burlwood dash kit, which matches my Caddy almost perfectly.
Next up an Escalade grille.Not particularly vintage, but decided to go a little more old-fashioned on the interior of the truck and install a lovely burlwood dash kit, which matches my Caddy almost perfectly.
Next up an Escalade grille.
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Anybody know a place where I might find some oversize kingpin bushings, or have them made? I'm having the kingpins done on the Plodge this week, and the garage tells me that the bushings are too loose in the kit I provided -- they measure factory spec, so apparently some past owner compensated for front-end wear by having the holes machined out to take an oversize. I haven't had much luck from the Usual Sources -- there are oversize kits for various GM products, but nobody ever heard of this on a Mopar.
I'll probably end up having to find some machine shop willing to make them for me, but if anybody knows of someone who specializes in this type of thing, please advise.
(And it wasn't even really wobbling, he just thought they were a little sloppy.)
Don't think I haven't considered it.
Bushings too big for the king pin? If they are too big for the king pin they will get smaller when pressed into place. This is normal, in fact they need to be reamed after being pressed in place.
I usually take them to an auto machine shop to have the old ones removed, new ones pressed in and reamed to size.
Worst case, a machine shop can make oversize bushings.
Seeing how the machinist can fabricate the bushings for you, you're spared the trouble and expense of finding replacement kingpins.
But am I incorrect in thinking that such parts are to be found at what might be considered a reasonable cost? Were those particular kingpins used in Mopar models over much of a timespan?
Off to fall Jefferson Car Show tomorrow, if any fellow loungers plan on going.
Also, put seat covers on the rig today.
Are those the correct Indian blanket pattern seat covers? Had a set on my 79 Silverado, very comfortable!
No, they're not correct, but my dad bought a set for his Silverado when it was new, in 2000 and I always liked them. Had to get a set for myself, and I thought they had more of a vintage feel than the factory pattern. It was showing a little wear, too and I can't have that!
Nope, it's that the hole the bushing fits into is bigger than it should be -- it probably was run with loose pins for a long time and it got beat out of round and was machined, and an oversize bushing was installed -- oversize at the O.D. and standard for the I. D.
I'd never heard of this, but apparently it's something people used to do when they drove a car for twenty-odd years, as was the case with mine.
In any event, we found a local machinist who could make the bushings out of rod stock for $185 or so. A bit pricey, but there isn't much other choice.
So they just slip on the seats. You didn't recover/reupholster them.
Ouch. Of course, at that price, could you afford to enjoy the car if you owned it today? ...