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help with swivel housing king pins
Xtremeteam:
normally its quite apparent if the swivel pins/bearings are gone as the grease oozes out the bottom & also it rattles about in the hole
muddyweb:
--- Quote from: "Budgie" ---My point Mikee is that if he was told it was the SWIVEL PINS that were gone, how did they know? When, as you say, it could also be the wheel bearings, swivle bearings or just the preload needs adjusting. :wink:
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It's quite easy to distinguish where the play is... if the swivel housing moves, then it is in the pins... if the disc moves, then it is the hub bearings.
Quite often a tester will just say "excessive play in front wheel" and not give you any more info.
Budgie:
But that can also be caused by a warn or collapsed bearings, not necessarily the pin. :wink:
Xtremeteam:
but what u have to remember is the early defenders have a brass bush & pin in the top & the later ones have a bearing (part No 60666)
muddyweb:
--- Quote from: "Budgie" ---But that can also be caused by a warn or collapsed bearings, not necessarily the pin. :wink:
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Well, yes if we are being pedantic about it... but I always change them together... do the job once
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