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GQ King Pins, shimming

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GQ King Pins, shimming

Post by brighty »

How do you know how much shimming to preload the king pins?? Am going to be doing a full swivel hub rebuild this weekend and not sure on how to do the king pin side of things.

I've done a few swivel hub rebuilds on landcruisers and just put the original shims that were in there back in & all worked ok. Just wondering if this is still ok.
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Post by patrol28 »

so with the tools you have in hand just make shore it feels right
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And if it turns out that you DO need to buy shims (pretty sure 90% of the GQ kits dont come with a selection), i found that Pedders are the mob to get them through.

Nissan wanted something stupid like $2 per shim when i asked. Pedders had a whole shim kit for $15 from memory (dont quote me).

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Post by brighty »

coxy321 wrote:And if it turns out that you DO need to buy shims (pretty sure 90% of the GQ kits dont come with a selection), i found that Pedders are the mob to get them through.

Nissan wanted something stupid like $2 per shim when i asked. Pedders had a whole shim kit for $15 from memory (dont quote me).

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Yeah, I went to Nissan and nearly told the guy they have to be FARK!N kidding themselves.... depending on thickness, they ranged in price from $2.80 to 19.00.... EACH. :shock:

So I went to repco and bought some shimming paper and made my own to suit!!!
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Post by coxy321 »

Yes, i also had cramping of the schphincter when i was given the prices. I thought $19 for a shim kit was cheap enought, and then he said "...no, thats's $xx EACH.."

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I noticed the other day my drivers side inner hub/brake rotor seal has chewed out. Looks like i'll be up for another kit and also axle seals next time. PITA.

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Post by Hoonz »

i took my shims out

helps stop the dredded GQ wobble

not recommeded will cause excess wear on steering pump and associated parts
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Post by coxy321 »

How much pressure do you have on the swivel hub bearings??!!! :shock:
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Post by brighty »

coxy321 wrote:How much pressure do you have on the swivel hub bearings??!!! :shock:
bolts are tightened to 40Nm as per specs in the manual(30-40Nm), and preload on the swivel housing is approx at 1.5-1.75kg drag

my manual states it should be within 0.5kg-1.75kg range which I thought was a large variance really, so I thought if it's done to the stiffest end of the range it would be better. In saying that, it still swivels nice and smoothly but not stiff.
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