Re: the pic regarding the kingpin mod
ayjay wrote:
2CViking wrote:
knightley wrote:
What's the point of that mod? Just seat your welch plug properly.
i recently did my kingpins knightly, bought the whole kit
the welch plugs seated fine
i boinched it in the centre of its dome to expand it and punched the remaining edging around it, but it had been replaced a few times previously
the edge of the hole on one side was mullered when it came to pumping the grease in is just leaked
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Hi ayjay.
I saw this method using long M6 bolts about 5 years ago and it worked for me.
Because somebody had replaced the kinpins and had punched all the way round the the edge of the welch plug with a very fine pointed chisel and made a right pigs ear of it.
So the moral of the story do not punch round the edge of the welch plug.
Use a big ball bearing in a the end of a an old socket and short extension bar and give it a good whack with a hammer.
Which reminds me must find another ball bearing to replace the one I lost.
Peter
ill have a go at the modification tomorrow(probably)
