Peterbilt 359 Rebuild ep64 - replacing kingpins steer axle

replacing steer axle king pins on my 1983 peterbilt 359 "old red"
previous kingpin video if you have not already watched it.
• kingpin replacement on...
brake hone tool
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[@GIRLYMECHANIC]

It's not a truck repair video until it includes the phrase.. "this is how I broke my face". Wonderful as always thank you 👍⭐⭐⭐

[@CarminesRCTipsandTricks]

Ezra.... As a Retired Auto Mechanic, and from what I've seen of your work... Working on a Big Rig looks EASIER than on a Car! Bigger, bulkier, heavier, but so much more access to everything!!

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Until you have to change a water pump on a new Detroit... terrible engineering, 😂

[@ertren6]

Yes and no. It's pretty damn cramped too on the heavy truck side

[@onemoredeadman]

Always get a shiver then a laugh watching the intro you almost squashing your hand then dropping that doubled frame😁 Safety first, engage safety squints

[@sudd2685]

No lazy on this site, good job young man.

[@wendellhagg3511]

Another Great Video. Also very well executed and explained. Time and Money saved equal net earning !! 👍 H.

[@d.springer8444]

Always good to see old-red getting new things, always a pleasure

[@terryp920]

Glad you got her done with no injuries this time!

[@brucehodges7889]

That was a very interesting job to watch but I'd never tackle it myself. Well done EZ, with no injuries too! Just went back and watched the original kingpin video. Boy those things were stubborn! Now I understand why you were hesitant to do the ones on the Pete. Here's a chuckle for you Ezra, your injury reminded me of an old story. I had a buddy who was a heavy truck mechanic. He was standing up on the frame of a tractor working on something that required a BFH. Just as he swung the hammer, he lost his balance and the hammer struck the tire of the truck. Bounced back and hit him right in the nose. Busted his nose, OUCH!!!

[@bruceleonard81]

I have been around trucking all my life, I have never seen any truck they changed 1 kingpin... Great video man

[@cbcarper9681]

Perfect thank you. It’s the honing I need.

[@MySynthDungeon]

Full Steam Ahead ,,,Morning Coffees on!!Cheers!!;-)!!

[@hundopentertainment]

You make it look so easy

[@kioumarsshahbazi1295]

I learned lots of things about the trucks suspension 🙏🏻 alot

[@will9191]

My specialty lies with building BBQ grills, not important stuff like you do. But I sure do love these videos. Top notch attention, quality and you make it fun! Keep it up! 8)

[@kevdaceo]

BBQ grills are just as important! 🍴🍴🍴💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@will9191]

@@kevdaceo haha ty!

[@brandonjackson9627]

I feel your pain with you giving yourself a black eye...I did the same thing while driving the axle out of a forklift that was used inside of an industrial deep freezer. My 12lb sledge hammer turned my drift into a projectile that destroyed my knee. I couldn't remember the last time I wanted to cry! LMAO After dragging myself back to my work van and regrouping I finished the job up...Lesson learned!

[@tomgarner553]

Kaiser kingpins are awesome. They last for a really long time.

[@NICKS-TRICKS]

Man you're doing it the hard way that single lock sometimes can be hard to get out what you should do is take a torch to the opposite end of the thread on the lock get the lock nice and hot with the torch once it gets red hot squeeze the handle for the oxygen to blow through the center of the lock smack it one good hard time it'll come right out.. do your best not to heat the axle just the lock that will allow it to collapse on itself you're welcome😉

[@terrancewagner5056]

exellent job looks like it all came apart easily usually dont happen that way...that old trucks came along way looks great

[@cameronnerdin4910]

I want to thank you. I watched a bunch of videos on kingpins and you explained it the best. I did not enjoy it either but they wanted $2500 per side. And more for the ball joints and cross tube. Cross tube was ceased and it took me using a large pipe wrench and a 3 ton floor jack to get it to move. I had to save the cross tube because everyone is out of stock on so many parts. Thanks again.

[@justinreynolds5626]

Thanks for the info! just started as a diesel tech and was wondering about this.

[@bustertim5333]

That's one beautiful truck thank you for sharing.

[@Jerseytrucker911]

Great vid. Thanks for sharing

[@samuelnewtonjr3198]

Professor EZ Rider 359 I never thanked or told you that you are one of my KZbin Female Trucking Transportation College Professors under Auto Engine Maintenance, I would like to thank you for your KZbin Educational videos. I just wanted you to know. Your the best Auto Maintenance Mechanic Professor anyone could have. 03/20/2022 Sun 5:02 pm EST. . Blessed 1

[@alecmccance8409]

Another informative video Ezra, I cant imagine why any mechanic would only replace one side of a kingpin set? Obviously they're not as conscientious as yourself.

[@s550vert9]

Could've been whoever owned the truck before didn't want to pay a mechanic to do the other side

[@susansullivan9255]

Happy Sunday morning 🌄 😊 from the UK 🇬🇧 😀

[@bigmackstruckstop9213]

Hey Ezra,your shows are never ever boring,they are very educational and about learning how to's,I know you would be a great diesel teacher and show the world how to do things the right way,and put stupidness in the trash,I'll definitely catch you on the next one,have a good day brotha.

[@Ezrider359]

Thank you

[@bigmackstruckstop9213]

@@Ezrider359 your very welcome

[@tkalmi09]

U make it look so easy Ezra lol

[@505fastlife6]

I’m a pro auto tech but enjoy watching guys working on the big stuff.

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

Nice work Ezra! 🙂👍 Didn't know you got hurt doing the job before! Glad it wasn't worse. Happy to see they didn't put up much of a fight this time. Take care and have a great weekend

[@Ezrider359]

Probably one of the worst injury's iv had turning wrenches broken bones in your face is not fun.

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

@@Ezrider359 oh for sure! 🤕

[@javierchavez9656]

Thanks I was told to do one of these at work n this video helped alot 😆👌

[@louisroman7134]

Thanks for sharing.

[@daveetherington5149]

Awesome info thanks, I have to do ours on our 579. I would do it myself but at the moment I don’t have a place to do it since we live in our truck

[@rmbuser]

Thanks for sharing God Speed and Safe travels!!

[@86lowrider]

Sent mine off for new pins, new steers and alignment. Couple months later tires are wearing. Jack it up got play in the pins both sides. Axle was hogged out. Had to pull it send it out to be bored and bushed. The shop that did the job said it was fine when they did the pins. Lesson learned do it yourself it’s done. 👍

[@paulmartin3340]

Yes once again you have mastered the art of maintaining your vehicle! Doing both sides at once is the ONLY way to go ! Cheers Ez from Sydney Australia 🇭🇲👍🦘👍🇭🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@erichouser6337]

Hey brother this is Eric Houser still a big fan of your channel and watch ur videos just haven’t commented much but still here supporting you brother your friend from Larned Ks, Eric Houser

[@Ezrider359]

I appreciate that

[@brianherron5400]

Nice job 👍, truck looks great

[@philglover2973]

Good afternoon Ezra thanks for your time and consideration top job top videos 🚛🚛🚛🚛🚛

[@jamiebeverley9705]

Hi Jamie from Australia, like your content, it's very good, and definitely helps with my trucks here, thanks for your efforts, it's very good indeed🇺🇸🇭🇲🤝

[@Dieseltechbrian]

I do king pins enough to the point that I bought the tiger tool king pin press and it saves you so much and especially in the rust belt.

[@Dieseltechbrian]

Those kaiser quick kits are you best thing since diced bread.

[@Darkwardrums77]

Nice work! Thank you for the walkthrough.

[@OutlawH2]

As i mentioned in another vid i found my way here via Twinsticks, Def glad i took the time to watch this entire build so far and look forward to seeing what else you do to Ole Red.

[@N1RKW]

Another nice improvement for the 359, well done as always!

[@tribibugo]

Thats why i let the nut on place .just a litles turns to unstock the litles pins . Whit a big hammer and the socket on place . And no problems of twister parts

[@pdee886]

I've been turning wrenches over 25 years and honestly safety glasses, gloves, steel toes and PPE in general sometimes doesn't matter wether you're wearing it or not depending on what you're doing or working on. Some jobs are 'knuckle busters' no matter what. You're swinging a BFH or turning a long ratchet or breaker bar and stuff happens. The safety glasses probably would've shattered or done more damage to your eye if the socket directly hit you in the eyeball. I've seen all kinds of stuff happen in shops. One of the usual things is for metal filings, slag or rust chunks making their way UNDER the safety glasses and them actually making it WORSE by 'catching' the debris and helping to 'channel' the crap into your eyes. Same thing with gloves. You'll bust a knuckle or smash your hands even if you are careful from time to time and the gloves aren't really going to lessen the blow. Kingpins are a ball buster to begin with especially when they're seized/ your from the rust belt. Definitely a lazy ass move by the P.O. to only do one side. Steering and suspension parts should always be done as a pair. No reason to put off the other side when usually its wear becomes accelerated when the opposite sides components are fresh and tight. Old Red is looking awesome as usual Ezra! Keep up the great work!👍😁

[@cbmech2563]

Don't forget doing brakes as a pair too. Depending on the DOT inspector that can be a problem, besides the fact that your braking force changes .

[@pdee886]

@@cbmech2563 Oh absolutely... Brakes go without saying as doing them as a pair, especially a pad slap. It would be not only a lazy move but a safety risk to just do a single side of your brakes. It's going to be worn unevenly and compromise the braking force for sure. Probably make it pull to one side as well. No good indeed.

[@dennissmith460]

Did my lift axles, and after one day spent heating beating and cutting to remove ONE pin, I bought a tiger tool king pin press. Never regretted it. Especially since it's a write off. Lol I used Dayton king pin sets, actually had one set of the three I bought were no ream. Liked them better, but they still needed a little reaming, just not near as much. Still hate doing king pins. Lol

[@Ezrider359]

Iv got a press I modified to work if they get really suborn I just don't do kingpins often enough to justify the tigar tool

[@dennissmith460]

@@Ezrider359 I hear ya. I kinda looked at like what it would cost to pay a shop to do em. Figured by the time I paid someone else, the tool more than paid for itself. Still have the steer axles on both my trucks to do eventually. So why not. Lol

[@joeferreira7382]

Very good job my friend , I put the new style in my Peterbilt a couple years ago, $1200 bucks Back then for a set , Today's price I imagine there $2500 bucks , But that's the best you can get , You do not get enough credit on your page and what you show how to do things my friend , I've been watching you Since you started building your truck , Nice work EZRA

[@vaughnhill3437]

Great job buddy. No black eyes this time

[@johnnyvanderwall9685]

Just was told my 2013 Hino Box truck has bad king pins your video was awesome I know nothing about this stuff I do have a mechanic but wanted to see it done thanks so much you explain it great thanks

[@michaelbongiorno9142]

Another great video!

[@johnkinnane547]

G’day day Ezra you are amazing and as I have said before you always do a really good job on what ever you are working on and there’s one thing no one could call you lazy on your mechanical repairs ect. I can see how you hurt yourself last time, your knowledge of mechanics and how you work buy your self is a real credit to you, you just have to take a look at old Red how you found her in a terrible state and nearly all the work you have done on her yourself and how she looks now is a real testimony of your mechanical ability. Keep safe kind regards John

[@donniecarlton7090]

Good job as always

[@billywhite3020]

That was a great job 👏 👍

[@leavitttrucking1]

Funny I always had to drop kingpins into dry ice for the night and then finish the job in morning. I worked for Freightliner and Peterbilt

[@jasonmyers3847]

I love the fast motion sound effects. It sounds like you're using a jack hammer on that front end. Lol

[@retiredtruckersgarage.7606]

reaming king pins was the job everybody hated,i broke two fingers had a black eye and black nails,as you say if the come out easy its not to bad,great video e z your content is always very educational.

[@jamesquackenbush7057]

Got me an 88 ole red fixin to do king pins here shortly

[@lawrencekirwin9665]

Outstanding!

[@travisbosco8469]

Another great job, thanks for the video!

[@JasonTAho]

Unless I don't have a choice, I always use the Kaiser no ream kits, or similar kits by other manufacturers. So much easier than installing the thin plastic lined bushings then having to ream them to make them fit.

[@pamnchip]

Good video. Good job changing those kingpins. I remember the last video where you modified a press to get the kingpins out. This one went a lot smoother.

[@dannyfromtexas5989]

I used to own dump trucks and like you did all my own mechanic work. I loved using those Kiser bushings. They held up better and didn’t have to ream them. Enjoy your videos

[@brianburns7211]

There is another channel called Semiworking where they do suspension work. He has a drift with a handle. Maybe it’s commercially available, but really all one would have to do is take a piece of round stock and weld on a handle. It’s a suggestion so you don’t hurt yourself again. I’ve also noticed that he takes the wheel and hub off together using a hand truck to get the lift to get it all off. I’m not saying that it’s right or wrong as doing it individually has advantages. It could save a step in your busy schedule.

[@Ezrider359]

That would require a second person to hold it a pair of vice grips on a drift would work as well

[@leswroe8803]

Love it ,great perseverance,well done 👏👍

[@vaughnhill3437]

I had a 4300 international one time that was only 2years old when they went bad and we had to cut em out with a torch in order to replace the darn things. They were a pain in the ass to get oit but once they were out it went back together great and we havent had to replace em again and that was 9 years ago

[@Ezrider359]

I don't think the factory uses antiseize on anything

[@larryblankenship8104]

Good job my friend injoy the videos Ezrider keep up thee good work learn something every time thank you buddy.

[@ricbrowne3249]

Hi Ezra great job on the king pins , at least by doing the job yourself gives you the opportunity to inspect the area around the job that you have just finished , "piece of mind" after all your not only the mechanic your also the driver and the owner of "old red" a well maintained truck "aye" stay safe Ezra cheers mate "RB" "downunder"

[@greggstroud7580]

Really enjoy your videos makes me miss my 85 , should have never sold her

[@chrismononen663]

Another great video. Thanks Ezra.

[@rhomeusa5160]

Teach you my teacher thank you so much for this video the last Kingpin are done I was very intimidated and I ended up torturing it but I have much more confidence now because of you thank you

[@Ezrider359]

Getting them apart is the worst part when they come apart without too much fight it's not the worst job in the world

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

You do such good work, I love to watch your videos!

[@SumterWrecker]

Mr Ezra Very informative video. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@Ezrider359]

Thanks, you too!

[@seanmarshall2544]

Great work as usual, amazing talent.

[@adco]

No black eyes on this one. 👍 Great channel, nice job!

[@signalcar]

Fez um excelente trabalho! 👏👏👏

[@peanut_trucker]

Great video. Always informative 👍

[@bigpatsunderthehood5552]

That’s another great video and the reason why I subscribed to your channel keep it up Ezra

[@Airon79]

Thanks for that important safety info about safety glasses being important but not full protection for the entire face ! I think if I do these in the future I'll try a ball peen hammer or powered hammer . Actually I worked in a shop in the military and we had a large steel drift that had an 4-5' rebar handle and that was for slinging the biggest of sledge hammers we had ; although for the small stuff I used sockets and/or brass drifts with adjustable/locking pliers but when things got lacks with no sight of safety monitors we would do what you did due to that way being easier and faster .

[@cattlerepairmancattlerepai9414]

Ezra, another interesting video. As for the kingpin being different on one side - might have chewed up the thrust bearing on the road and felt really loose; time is money and they chose to do the damaged side and get back on the road. Not ideal but sometimes stuff happens.

[@charlesferebee263]

U make that look way to Easy. LMAO. Stay Safe out There. 🇺🇸 👍👍

[@marysoldeeley2218]

That was cool to see done. Bet you feel better now, no injuries and seeing what was in there. Dang humans Eh. crazy.

[@khwoods01]

Awesome job as always!

[@pappybigbearUtqiagkia5840]

I did mine 2 times on my 1987. But last time with my sons and our shop mech I upgraded with disc brakes.

[@Bigmike3406E]

Watch the videos “semi working “ he does a lot of king pin jobs . There’s an easy way and a hard way to do them . He does it the easy way . Thanks for the videos . I really enjoy them. I always install new pins and nuts .

[@iceman9549]

Enjoyed it Ezriider 👍👍

[@stephenrichardson6105]

We must be lazy over in the UK 😂 unless things have changed since 99 when I left the trade We only changed the ones that were worn, maybe different if a owner operator. I used to hate doing that type with the cotter pin ( pinch pin). Always an absolute pain to get out How things have changed, how easy to fit them bushes and not needing machined to get pins in Was also shocked how small the front brakes are Keep up the good work 👍

[@bradz5202]

Great job!

[@komoru]

To avoid that socket whacking you in the face, you should not be whacking the socket loose. The energy from the hammer is wasted and not transferred into the kingpin. What you need to do is attach a slightly longer solid steel bar/bolt and grip it tight with a pair of locking vice grips, and hold onto it while you're whacking with a heavy hammer. Or even better, if you have someone hold the drift in place for you, that's the best option, but not everyone has help around all the time.

[@NoNonsenseKnowHow]

Top notch work man!

[@Ezrider359]

Thank you

[@raymondbradley6788]

👍👍👍

[@erkinjonnuritdinov784]

Молодец 👍👍правильно

[@ivortheenginedriver4264]

Glad you identified the brake hone so there's no confusion. However, you neglected to properly identify the hammer, which is a Type 1 BFH. The Type 1 BFH is specifically approved for kingpin persuasion and steel toed shoe testing when dropped from workbench height.

[@Ezrider359]

Bfh's are sized according to stubbornness...lol

[@ericcorse]

That didn't seem too bad. I did the kingpins on my 65 Ford van about 50 years ago, it was a pain getting the tapered pins out. Whacked my hand with a hammer and had a knot on it for several years. I don't imagine it hurt as much as breaking your face.

[@tribibugo]

The rims.. i do a diferent procces. Idont use a Jack, i put the bearing at the end whit a rubber hammer .this makes get More thight the job a durable

[@brucemilesbaker1249]

superior work

[@amsoiladam]

Brake hone, brake hone, brake hone!! Just in case lol!

[@nightrider6769]

Damn easy. By the time you get done with that truck it's all going to be brand new. Don't know if you remember but I'm a retired diesel technician I'm very well remembered doing kingpins always hated doing them because they would fight me all the time God they were a bastard sometimes they would come out but most times they wouldn't. You got lucky with yours yours just kind of popped out you made it look easy. But anyway great video thanks sir bringing us along.

[@Ezrider359]

Iv done some very stubborn ones in the past. These were actually not that bad.

[@christhefistful]

It is not a easy job on a truck. But doing that job on a transit or highway bus is even more fun due to the lack of space in the wheel well.

[@robertquast9684]

Famous last words “not so bad if it comes apart”. Last set I had a shop do they broke their king pin press trying to get it apart

[@bb-ob5cc]

Morning dose of Pete 359