-=> Quoting Jeff Edmonson to Chris Biltcliffe <=-
 > You mean replacing the king pins, or replacing the coils?  My
 > brother's got a '75 Ford 1-ton van, which has got basically the
 > same front suspension as your 'battle wagon' only heavier.
 > He replaced the king pins, because they were practically siezed
 > when he got the van, but he's never done anything with the coils.
 > Does your's need work or something?
 JE> Or something ;-)
 JE> Probably just a good alignment, but I was told that the King
 JE> pins needed to be replaced, before they (a mechanics shop)
 JE> could align the silly thing. 
 JE> Now, I'm thinking that maybe they were looking to make some
 JE> extra hundreds of $$$'s, instead of just aligning the thing.
 JE> Around 60mph, it gets quite the 'wwobblee', enough to nearly
 JE> jerk the steering wheel outta yer hand!
 JE> Getting above that speed, or hanging around 55mph it's not bad.
        With the discussion about honest shops, this reminds me
of a long time ago when a mechanic told me I needed the king pins
replaced before he could align it.
        I took it to another shop (a dealership, no less!) and they
told me that in their opinion the king pins showed only minor wear
and did not need to be replaced for a long time.
        Needless to say, they got my alignment job and I took the
car back to that shop for many, many years for all kinds of work.
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