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> Hi guys.
>
> Is there a trick to removing the trunnion from the kingpin?
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Yes, it's called a 20-ton press. :-)
When I took my front suspension apart one trunnion came right off. The
other one, I didn't manage to get apart myself. Since I was sending the
swing axles and the new pins to be reamed to the machinist, I had him press
off the frozen trunnion for me. He said even with his big press, he had a
hell of a time getting it off.
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> I had a good time removing the top kingpin nut (the one that holds the
> trunnion on). After pulling and heaving with all of my puny little
> might on my Monster Speed Wrench, I was wishing I had a meter or so of
> lead pipe to slip over it for leverage. What I finally found laying
> about the garage were my old leaf springs and a length of chain. After
> lashing one of the springs to the wrench and getting the whole awkward
> contraption in place, I was surprised to discover that it worked like a
> charm!
>
Neat trick! A nice big air compressor and an impact wrench is how I
solved that problem (any many others).
Jeremy DuBois
Programmer/System Administrator
Thermalogic Corporation
'74 MGB, '76 Spit
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