Dana 30 King Pins

[bluemonday]

Plan on putting a King Pin Kit on the Driver's side of my Dana 30. Anything to watch out for? That part that I didn't buy? The one thing that you had problems with? I am wanting to be prepared. Thanks guy for all the help.

 

[marty]

i am going to be doing the same too in a few weeks. i did make the tool they tell you make in the original ford service manuals to remove the bearing races and such parts. i think someone should do a complete tech atricle with pics on this one.

 

[bluemonday]

Hey Marty, looks as if you and I are on our own for this one.

 

[jedblake]

Did mine a few years back with my dad, I installed new bearings when upgrading to power disk. I remember one of the four bolts on the top cap was corroded and stripped out (years of wear and the elements I suppose). My dad fixed the problem by re-tapping it with a bit larger metric bolt, it worked great.
The r/r was pretty straight forward, I do suggest having a service manual for reference and dont take both sides apart at the same time.
jed

 

[marty]

Hey Marty, looks as if you and I are on our own for this one.

hey when do you plan on doing yours. i hope to be doing mine maybe next week as long as my shop is clear for me to bring in my truck. if you can wait a week or 2 and i get mine done i will post pics and if you would like i can mail you the tool as long as it works good.

 

[bluemonday]

Marty, did you buy your tool or make it? I have Ford's Service Manual on CD that has instructions on making a tool out of 1/2" rod and 1" pipe. Thanks

 

[austinbrose]

I did mine a couple months ago. Overall pretty simple, make sure you have new seals too. I did my whole front end at the time...kept finding bad seals and bearings. The races were a pain though! I used pry bars, hammers, chisels ect. Finally I found a larger open end wrench (11/16 I think) fit in there and worked the race loose fairly well. I used a cheater bar on it too, took a lot of force and patience. Another trick I didn't use that works is to weld a bead on the face of the race, which warps the race from the heat and it usually comes out easily. Good luck.

 

[marty]

Marty, did you buy your tool or make it? I have Ford's Service Manual on CD that has instructions on making a tool out of 1/2" rod and 1" pipe. Thanks

i made the exact tool that ford shows you in the service manual just as you described. now i just hope it works. will see sometime maybe in 2 weeks. next week is going to be a busy one for me.

 

[lil mule]

weld the outer races in a couple of spots and when it cools they will slide out easy just dont hit the metal right above the race with welding rod.