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Old 12-11-15, 18:56
Phil Waterman Phil Waterman is offline
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Hi All

Reading about kingpin repair, reminded me of something I learned the otherday. Here in the States there is an company that repair kingpins and spindles on the truck. They have franchised mobile repair trucks. They go under the name AxleDoctor or AxleSurgeon

The trucks have the equipment to cut off a damaged axle drive spindle align and weld on new one. They cater to the truck and trailer business they also do kingpin replacement and line boring and bushing. Talking with a local heavy truck repair shop, they use them all the time when a spindle is messed up, in our area it's a flat fee of $500 plus parts. A recent spindle replacement on a ton an half town truck cost $550. The town was expecting $1300 for new housing and $1200 in labor to swap out all the parts and install.

Don't know if outfits like this could help us with our trucks, but may be worth checking.

Cheers Phil
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