The kaiser quick spring bushing awful cause wear to knuckle. But the full brass reamless bushing those are good. With the hendrickson, I have to use reamer.
How? We used the Kaiser spring ones for years, and never had any issues. The plastic ones in the video work so long as you grease them. I'm shocked that anyone would badmouth them. We used them on Internationals, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
@@VitoVeccia it has been years since I installed the spring one, but I remember the fit was too loose and the material hard. And the times I would run into one I had to remove. The knuckle bushing bore would have worn imprint the size of the bushing.
@@solidgoldeazyaction I'm surprised. From 2014-2020, I was fixing school buses. We did a lot of kingpins on the 04-06 models when they got up in mileage. I always had to fight to get the bushings in. If I didn't do it in one swoop, it was nothing but headaches. Maybe they revised the product, who knows.
I never understood why we at the dealership sent the spindles and the kit to a machine shop. Anyway I really enjoy your content. After 30 plus years of doing it I really enjoy seeing how fellow mechanics do things. Dam I finally remembered a question that I have had for awhile now. You did a video where you were talking about the steering box after an accident. At the dealerships we would also replace the 5th wheel. Depending on the circumstances of course. Finally it's illegal to straighten eye beams or banjo housing. Let me tell you that there is a shit pile of guy's doing illegal shit 😂Just saying 👍 🇨🇦 🔧
Years ago when I worked at a Ford dealership it was also shop policy to always send Spindles and Kits to a local machine shop who would press and ream new King Pin bushings. I asked the parts manager and the service manager why and was told that too many of the mechanics who have worked for the dealership were absolutely clueless about how to properly ream bushings and as a result the comeback rate was extremely high. Additionally the reamers in the tool crib were beat to death and so dull they couldn’t cut hot butter. Personally I liked sending the spindles and kits out to the machine shop because the machine we used honed the bushings to size and the pins always fit perfectly. Additionally the “book-time” to ream king pin bushings was less than.5 hours per spindle and the time I didn’t spend on sizing the bushings allowed me to do something else while the spindles were at the machine shop that actually paid decent money
Ream, to open up through cutting internally. Rem, Rapid Eye Movement the point during the sleeping cycle where dreams occur. Reaming, the act of opening up the Interior through cutting. Reming, no such word exists.
Always used the quick kits. Nobody including machine shops had a reamer. Always wondered how you would ream a Teflon bushing. Wouldn’t the plastic tear & chatter ? In the early 90’s they didn’t use Teflon, so they were easy to ream.
@@redmesa2975 If a machine shop cannot fit king pin bushing in my opinion that is not much of a machine shop. That said the machine shop that I worked in in my teens to pay off my bill by sweeping the floors, cleaning the shop, and being a Hot Tank Technician as well as the machine shop the Ford dealer I worked at for a several years didn’t actually ream the bushings but honed them to size. Personally I much prefer honing bushings when ever possible because it has been my experience that a much better fit can be archived far more consistently and depending on the machine and length of the arbor being used to hone the bushings can hone both bushings at the same time thus ensuring that line bore are true
I do more engine and diag related work on internationals and probably only done a dozen or so kingpins, but I have scrapped a few plastic bushings with my adjustable reamer when it chattered or just dug in. Mine only has a stem on one end so its really hard to start square. Gonna look for a setup more like he used here. Not a fan, but I’ve seen a few others using flap wheels on die grinders. A lot of ppl seem to not understand the flow of grease/orientation of the seals too. Wish more ppl had a desire to learn.
Thanks Bob for pointing that out to us
"Ream the Top and Tap the Bottom" was a phrase that our machine shop teacher used in 1983 and we are still laughing...
keep up the good work love your videos!
Reamless, is seamless. Lol! I've had nothing but success with em.
Reemers are not as popular as they use to be, mainly due to the chances of finding a tight hole is slim to none..😂😂
You got that right!
It's not reemers, it's remmers.
Damn so that is what the IRS uses on us, I bet.
Adjustable reamers are the way to go as long as you keep an eye on them.
The kaiser quick spring bushing awful cause wear to knuckle. But the full brass reamless bushing those are good. With the hendrickson, I have to use reamer.
How? We used the Kaiser spring ones for years, and never had any issues.
The plastic ones in the video work so long as you grease them. I'm shocked that anyone would badmouth them. We used them on Internationals, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
@@VitoVeccia it has been years since I installed the spring one, but I remember the fit was too loose and the material hard. And the times I would run into one I had to remove. The knuckle bushing bore would have worn imprint the size of the bushing.
@@solidgoldeazyaction I'm surprised. From 2014-2020, I was fixing school buses. We did a lot of kingpins on the 04-06 models when they got up in mileage. I always had to fight to get the bushings in. If I didn't do it in one swoop, it was nothing but headaches. Maybe they revised the product, who knows.
Always preferred using the spiral linked bushings. Never had issues.
Flapper wheel
I never understood why we at the dealership sent the spindles and the kit to a machine shop. Anyway I really enjoy your content. After 30 plus years of doing it I really enjoy seeing how fellow mechanics do things. Dam I finally remembered a question that I have had for awhile now. You did a video where you were talking about the steering box after an accident. At the dealerships we would also replace the 5th wheel. Depending on the circumstances of course. Finally it's illegal to straighten eye beams or banjo housing. Let me tell you that there is a shit pile of guy's doing illegal shit 😂Just saying 👍 🇨🇦 🔧
Years ago when I worked at a Ford dealership it was also shop policy to always send Spindles and Kits to a local machine shop who would press and ream new King Pin bushings. I asked the parts manager and the service manager why and was told that too many of the mechanics who have worked for the dealership were absolutely clueless about how to properly ream bushings and as a result the comeback rate was extremely high. Additionally the reamers in the tool crib were beat to death and so dull they couldn’t cut hot butter. Personally I liked sending the spindles and kits out to the machine shop because the machine we used honed the bushings to size and the pins always fit perfectly. Additionally the “book-time” to ream king pin bushings was less than.5 hours per spindle and the time I didn’t spend on sizing the bushings allowed me to do something else while the spindles were at the machine shop that actually paid decent money
@@gullreefclub ya for sure. They need to fit right or like you said they will definitely come back 👍🇨🇦
What do you think of Randy Grubb's creation, the Blastolene?
Ream, to open up through cutting internally. Rem, Rapid Eye Movement the point during the sleeping cycle where dreams occur.
Reaming, the act of opening up the Interior through cutting. Reming, no such word exists.
Bob rocks 🤘
Those keizer plastic lined junk needs to go directly to scrap bin🎯😀☕
Always used the quick kits. Nobody including machine shops had a reamer. Always wondered how you would ream a Teflon bushing. Wouldn’t the plastic tear & chatter ?
In the early 90’s they didn’t use Teflon, so they were easy to ream.
You can Teflon and other”plastic” bushing if you have a sharp reamer and go easy on them.
@@redmesa2975 If a machine shop cannot fit king pin bushing in my opinion that is not much of a machine shop. That said the machine shop that I worked in in my teens to pay off my bill by sweeping the floors, cleaning the shop, and being a Hot Tank Technician as well as the machine shop the Ford dealer I worked at for a several years didn’t actually ream the bushings but honed them to size. Personally I much prefer honing bushings when ever possible because it has been my experience that a much better fit can be archived far more consistently and depending on the machine and length of the arbor being used to hone the bushings can hone both bushings at the same time thus ensuring that line bore are true
I do more engine and diag related work on internationals and probably only done a dozen or so kingpins, but I have scrapped a few plastic bushings with my adjustable reamer when it chattered or just dug in. Mine only has a stem on one end so its really hard to start square. Gonna look for a setup more like he used here. Not a fan, but I’ve seen a few others using flap wheels on die grinders. A lot of ppl seem to not understand the flow of grease/orientation of the seals too. Wish more ppl had a desire to learn.
Are u sure you don't use the remer when u forget about the king pin nut on bottom? Lol
Well hello funk and wagnel! Thought you were dead.
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Anything twice if she's cute
Shouldn't Reming have two m's, as in remming? 🤔 😅😆