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neil 126 · « **on:** May 10, 2006, 03:39:44 PM »

hello everyone i've just joined the club i have a 126 bis fo rthe last 3 years, it has been a constant project, rarely get on the road for long.
it is f reg lemon yellow and has just had an engine refurb. i cant wait to get her back on he road for the summer. i have hit a problem in the last week, namely, the king pin/ steering axle assembly, im sure whoever fitted the king pins last time didn't get the bushes reemed, and subsequently the king pin is jamed, the locking pin had collapsed and the axle is rotating around the fixed king pin rather than the king pin rotating in the bushes.
i have not been able to remove the king pin so the stub axle and axle carrier are still intact, there is definately too much wobble between them to pass the mot.
Is there any point trying to get the assembly seperaited or wil the cast iron stub axle have worn too much to be of any use?
i have new king pin refurb kits but will need to get someone to reem the bushes. will my local fiat garage do this or is it a specialist thing?
Failing this is there anywhere i can get replacement stub axle and carrier units for a fair price? second hand or new?
thanks for your help.

william · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2006, 05:30:54 PM »

hi welcome to the forum im chris' nephew

dajwid · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2006, 07:20:03 PM »

Niel the whole ( king pin/ steering axle assembly) are about 12-15 pounds new here in Poland if you need one drop me a line. Much easier thay trying to get it fixed.

Welcome to the club.

neil 126 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2006, 09:35:30 PM »

are you trying to tell me that i can get the entire stub axle and carrier with king in fitted properly for 30 pounds a pair? this is amazing i have been quoted 100 pounds and they demand the old set as well or they double it.
you may have just saved a very nearly broken man, this king pin thing was the final straw.
will you be able to post them?
let me know prices and such.
thanks

dajwid · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2006, 09:39:26 PM »

I will check postage price and let you know.

126dave · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2006, 09:45:28 PM »

hi neil,hope you get the bits you need,we have all been there,it being head gasket for the umpteenth time or whatever,hang in there,they are great cars!........................they have just suffered from ignorant garage staff since they were new!............(what oil filter/BIS heater bleed screw?).

reminds me of the local citroen store man who swore blind that 2cvs did not have points,he reckond he'd never been asked for them!!!.....................so much for dealer service records eh?

william · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2006, 07:37:11 AM »

dajwid, how much are cars out there
thanx will

paul harbinson. · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2006, 07:41:13 AM »

We,re not all the same

I hate cowboys' as much as the next man.I was asked once by a gentleman where he could get a leaping leopard for the front of his Jaguar :shock:

?,and he refused to beleive me that it was a Jaguar not a leopard.Numpty!Anyway welcome to the club Neil

philippa · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2006, 07:51:02 PM »

hello

welcome to the club

i dont know much about the little cars but am learning fast, i watched my friends fit an hand break cable the other day on my little bis took about four hours but did not seem so long. looked a fiddley job.

philippa

jammy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 27, 2007, 05:30:59 PM »

Hi my names James, and owned my fiat for a year now. Im Based in the midlands.

Im in need of of little help as it just crashed outa its mot.

Chris Lakin · « **Reply #10 on:** July 27, 2007, 06:01:10 PM »

a very warm welcome to the club forum

you will get all the help you need on here

kind regards

Chris

Paul Clough · « **Reply #11 on:** July 27, 2007, 08:38:53 PM »

Welcome.....!!