Broken Kingpin
Broken Kingpin
that happend in dec2012 in Albania:
Far away of any infrastructure.
Four years ago I changed the lower kingpin bearing. The original parts were not available so I changed to a kingpin reversion kit which uses the Landrover tappered roller bearing. That wasn´t a good Idea because the bad roads of Albania killed them. If there is a little bearing clearance every road hole is like a blow of a hammer. And finally the bolt broke.
So I changed back to original rebuild parts which are now available.
What I want to say: check bearing clearance of the knuckle !
Far away of any infrastructure.
Four years ago I changed the lower kingpin bearing. The original parts were not available so I changed to a kingpin reversion kit which uses the Landrover tappered roller bearing. That wasn´t a good Idea because the bad roads of Albania killed them. If there is a little bearing clearance every road hole is like a blow of a hammer. And finally the bolt broke.
So I changed back to original rebuild parts which are now available.
What I want to say: check bearing clearance of the knuckle !
Re: Broken Kingpin
Were you able to fix it on the trail? I see it torn apart....
Stock means no imagination!
Volvo TGB1317, .95% Morphed!
68 Haffy
Volvo TGB1317, .95% Morphed!
68 Haffy
Re: Broken Kingpin
We were able to fix it. In a secluded village we showed the broken bolt to our albanian helper. After ten minutes he came back with a old rusty bolt, nearly the same size, he found at a old Robur LO2002 (Unimog of the GDR).
It wasn´t very trustworthy, but to get back down to the valley in the next major town it was ok.
Back in town I ordered a "new" unbroken bolt in Germany. It took 4 days an 150,--EURO to get it from Germany to Albania.
With the new bolt we were able to go on our way home back to Germany (1800km).
Back in Germany I had to disassemble all again to replace the boots, bearings and to repair the twisted driveshaft.
The whole story of our Journey you can see here:
http://www.c303.de/c303-forum/index.php ... 1#msg89461
http://www.c303.de/c303-forum/index.php ... 6;start=80
It is in Geman, but a lot of pictures.
Some more impressions:
In the background you can see the lake ohrid and the mountains of Mazedonien
Main road across Lura Nationalpark
It wasn´t very trustworthy, but to get back down to the valley in the next major town it was ok.
Back in town I ordered a "new" unbroken bolt in Germany. It took 4 days an 150,--EURO to get it from Germany to Albania.
With the new bolt we were able to go on our way home back to Germany (1800km).
Back in Germany I had to disassemble all again to replace the boots, bearings and to repair the twisted driveshaft.
The whole story of our Journey you can see here:
http://www.c303.de/c303-forum/index.php ... 1#msg89461
http://www.c303.de/c303-forum/index.php ... 6;start=80
It is in Geman, but a lot of pictures.
Some more impressions:
In the background you can see the lake ohrid and the mountains of Mazedonien
Main road across Lura Nationalpark
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Re: Broken Kingpin
What's the camo truck in that last pic? A Ural?
Tony
Tony
1973 710K
2001 Landcruiser Amazon
2007 Range Rover Vogue (sold)
2001 Nissan Patrol GR 3.0TD (sold)
2001 Landcruiser Amazon
2007 Range Rover Vogue (sold)
2001 Nissan Patrol GR 3.0TD (sold)
Re: Broken Kingpin
Looking at the tailights and fuel filler can it looks like a C304 with an ambulance box.bonefish635 wrote:What's the camo truck in that last pic? A Ural?
Tony
Here some pics of one on another forum:
http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/ph ... f=4&t=1090
Good Job on the repair and being able to get home and do it right. What is your source for the new bearing and parts?
Last edited by mopar on Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1974 712M AKA the Banana
1974 710M AKA the project truck
1987 718M Now Sold
1975 Volvo TGB1111 Now Sold
1973 Pinzgauer 712M x2 Now Sold
1963 404S Now Sold
Re: Broken Kingpin
... the camo truck is a C304 Ambulance.
The parts for the Volvo you get here:
http://www.lehmann-ft.de/index.php?page ... 01&kat=005
The parts for the Volvo you get here:
http://www.lehmann-ft.de/index.php?page ... 01&kat=005
Re: Broken Kingpin
Thanks for that link. That is a new parts source I was not aware of.
Cheers,
Greg
Cheers,
Greg
HafWit
a.k.a. Phlyphysher, Greg, & Clamphysician
1967 Swiss Haflinger, 1975 Volvo C303
Re: Broken Kingpin
Nice source for the parts. How's their disc brake conversion?
1974 712M AKA the Banana
1974 710M AKA the project truck
1987 718M Now Sold
1975 Volvo TGB1111 Now Sold
1973 Pinzgauer 712M x2 Now Sold
1963 404S Now Sold
Re: Broken Kingpin
I too liked the 6x6 as it's like mine! Like the camo job! BTW is it possible to get a measurement of the kingpin bolt? Might be nice to carry a generic hardened bolt for survival purposes.. Great pics!
Mark
Mark
Stock means no imagination!
Volvo TGB1317, .95% Morphed!
68 Haffy
Volvo TGB1317, .95% Morphed!
68 Haffy
Re: Broken Kingpin
... the disc brake conversion is only for offroad use. It is not street legal. So there are not many experiences of it.
To fix the broken bolt for survival purposes you can use any bolt with nearly the same diameter, but not larger , as the origianl one.
Like I did. The bolt is only there to keep everything in place while the wheel lift up. The upper bolt is only to keep the knuckle bearing ball in place. It does not fix anything of the knuckle itself.
If you dríve very slow, and keep the wheel on the ground it would be possible to drive without bolt; but thats only for a real case of emergency.
To fix the broken bolt for survival purposes you can use any bolt with nearly the same diameter, but not larger , as the origianl one.
Like I did. The bolt is only there to keep everything in place while the wheel lift up. The upper bolt is only to keep the knuckle bearing ball in place. It does not fix anything of the knuckle itself.
If you dríve very slow, and keep the wheel on the ground it would be possible to drive without bolt; but thats only for a real case of emergency.