Originally Posted by DaveW
Whatever is going on, it's annoying that the new bushes slide perfectly over the new kingpin, then after fitting, don't!

Sounds to me like the act of pressing them in reduces the internal diameter. If there's no issue with stub axle tube alignment, would it be feasible to reduce the outer diameter to a tight sliding fit and then bond them in place using loctite or similar?

Not that it's particularly an issue these days. Back when the king pins were mild steel it was a regular job, but now everyone's switched to hard chrome pins, it's a once on a lifetime job I would think. I did mine in hard chrome back in 2006 and they've not needed doing since, about 50 or 60k miles ago.


Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE