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Need help removing king pins and A-arm inner pivot bolts G16E please !!
Fitted new front tyres and discovered the underlying wear problem. At least 1/4" float on the lower bearing of the kingpin, about the same both sides. Yep those king pins are TIGHT, and the new plastic bushings looked thinner than the slop I could see, and since the knuckle didn't exactly want to 'drop' out, I am trying to take off the entire wishbone assembly to get better access to the kingpins / get them in a press.
So those 2 inner horizontal pivot bolts that hold the wishbone (with 14mm AF heads) sound like they are turning inside a rubber bush. When you remove their cotterpins, the threaded ends face each other on the inner faces of the wishbone ( A-arm whatever you like to call it)
DUDE these bolts insanely ( " I'm-ready-to-shear-my-head-off" ) TIGHT too.
Q1. Any ideas on how to withdraw them from the frame/A arm assembly ? Weld an extension to the heads and work them loose?, don't think drilling them through would work, they are too long. Tried to press them out with a G clamp, no joy. Maybe I have got to make a custom kind of puller.
Back to the kingpins, I have an exploded view of the assembly, and have removed the rollpin in the steering knuckle, but
Q2. are the kingpins designed to come out in the upward or downwards or either direction ?
Q3. What does the next quality level of golf cart do, design-wise ? My G16E seems a little 'cost reduced' in this area. Not many grease fittings or anything.
Thanks in advance
John
Fitted new front tyres and discovered the underlying wear problem. At least 1/4" float on the lower bearing of the kingpin, about the same both sides. Yep those king pins are TIGHT, and the new plastic bushings looked thinner than the slop I could see, and since the knuckle didn't exactly want to 'drop' out, I am trying to take off the entire wishbone assembly to get better access to the kingpins / get them in a press.
So those 2 inner horizontal pivot bolts that hold the wishbone (with 14mm AF heads) sound like they are turning inside a rubber bush. When you remove their cotterpins, the threaded ends face each other on the inner faces of the wishbone ( A-arm whatever you like to call it)
DUDE these bolts insanely ( " I'm-ready-to-shear-my-head-off" ) TIGHT too.
Q1. Any ideas on how to withdraw them from the frame/A arm assembly ? Weld an extension to the heads and work them loose?, don't think drilling them through would work, they are too long. Tried to press them out with a G clamp, no joy. Maybe I have got to make a custom kind of puller.
Back to the kingpins, I have an exploded view of the assembly, and have removed the rollpin in the steering knuckle, but
Q2. are the kingpins designed to come out in the upward or downwards or either direction ?
Q3. What does the next quality level of golf cart do, design-wise ? My G16E seems a little 'cost reduced' in this area. Not many grease fittings or anything.
Thanks in advance
John
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