Great Kingpin/C1 lubrication article...

General Motors recommends lubricating your C1 front suspension every 1,000 miles, or every Saturday morning, whichever comes first. 😀

See:

 https://www.vetteclub.org/warehouse/tech/To%20be%20Filed/C1%20tech%20papers%20from%20the%20Restorer/King%20Pin%20Replacement.pdf

Kingpin time...

Over to Joe's shop to get the 3rd Arm & disassembled Kingpins.

He had to use a 15-ton press to get the passenger Kingpin removed.

Clean-up time...

Got the 3rd arm and spindle/spindle supports all ready for paint

Kingpin rebuild kit

Inserting the spindle bushings that the Kingpin rides on. Not only should the Kingpin float on the bushing, but the bushing should float inside the spindle support.

Pre-fitting with the thrust bearing and shims

Honing out the spindle - lots of internal pitting

Ready to go!

Transmission & Carb. rebuilds

 

Brought the original 3-speed to All Standard

A week later, it was ready for pickup - along with a bag full of the worn parts.

Back at the shop - still needs final external paint

Over to Greg's shop (NorCal Carburetor)

The original carb - completely rebuilt

More parts clean-up & powder coating...

Steering box brackets - cleaning up to ready for sand blast

Gonna sandblast the bell housing - removing clutch fork

Jerry - trying out the new enviro-friendly degreasing foam

Time to clean-up the Distributor shield and lower shielding

I'm torn.  Turning out "pretty good" - mainly from an 'improvement' standpoint, but not perfect. Personally, I like original parts that show a bit of wear over re-pops. We'll let the customer make the call.

Inside of lower shielding

Parts headed to sand blast

Some will also get powder coated

The result

Back from powder coat