Kingpin And Steering Spindle Removal - Club Car 2008 Turf Maintenance And Service Manual

STEERING AND FRONT SUSPENSION

KINGPIN AND STEERING SPINDLE REMOVAL

1. Remove the front hub. See Front Wheel Bearings and Hubs - 4-Wheel Brake Vehicles on page 9-23.
2. Vehicles with four-wheel brakes: Disconnect the front brake cables.
2.1. Remove the cotter pins (1), brake cable clevis pins (2), and cable retaining clips (3). Remove the
brake cables (4) from the spindle brackets (Figure 9-20, Page 9-17).
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Figure 9-20 Connect Front Brake Cables
3. Vehicles with two-wheel brakes: Remove cotter pins (22) and nuts (20), then remove ball joints from
the spindles (Figure 9-21, Page 9-18 or Figure 9-23, Page 9-20). Remove drag link ball joint. See also
Tie Rod and Drag Link Removal on page 9-13.
4. Remove the nut (17) from the top of the kingpin (26) (Figure 9-22, Page 9-19 or Figure 9-24,
Page 9-21).
5. Raise the upper clevis (16) from the kingpin.
6. Remove the thrust washer (19).
7. Slide the spindle off the kingpin (26).
8. Remove the wave washer (20) and inspect it. If the washer is broken or has a wave bottom to wave crest
height dimension of less than 0.040 inch (0.10 cm), it must be replaced.
9. Remove bolt (25) and nut (14) from bottom of kingpin (26) and remove kingpin.
10. Inspect the kingpin and spindle. If either is worn or damaged, it must be replaced.
11. Inspect the bushings (3 and 4). If the bushings are worn or damaged, remove them and press in new
ones. See following NOTE.
NOTE: If the bushings are replaced, ream new bushings to 0.750-0.752 (3/4 inch) (19.05-19.10 mm) in
diameter. The reamer should be long enough to ream both bushings from one direction.
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2008 Turf/Carryall Vehicle Maintenance and Service Manual
Front Suspension Components
Page 9-17
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