Dana 60 Kingpins

What a nastylookin kingpin.

These kingpins may look like just a screw in piece, but they are a little more than that. like 600 ft. lbs. of torque with a 7/8 allen wrench. The wrench is special order from seattle, because i couldn't find anything in town. It is bigger than a hammer.

The first kingpin (passenger side) came off relatively easy. I put a socket on the allan, so i wouldn't screw it up with a hammer, and then beat it with a giant steel hammer until it popped loose. The drivers side (shown) wasn't as easy. Ryan attacked this one. A few smacks and it cracked at two of the points of the hex. Ryan gave it one last giant swing, and now he has the imprint of an allan wrench in his knee. We then moved on to a giant piece of 2", 1/4" wall tubing. I smached my chest after splitting the rest of the points of the hex.
Next was welding all of the pieces back together, since we were pretty much screwed.

After welding all the seams back together, the prying finally broke loose the rusted in place kingpin.

What a job that turned out to be.

Next come the new parts for the rebuild.