Day 27 - 28 Chev Ute Restoration (20th July 2015)

Now that's a nice surprise.

I thought I would strip the stub axles of both the bent ute front axle and the spare, to at least remove one axle to the spares graveyard.

I stripped the spare axle first, knowing that the king pins would need at least re-bushing, most probably replace the pins as well.



I then stripped the stub axles off the bent front end, surprised to see the king pins had been replaced recently, mileage wise that is. I can see and measure virtually no signs of wear on the pins, and may have to ream the bushes a fraction, as they are a slightly binding.

The front brake lever pivot points on the bent axle are also very serviceable and will be used.

So providing the stub axles were not bent in a previous crash, its a bonus, if not, well I have plenty of spare stub axles and a few sets of king pin.