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Does anyone have a PV left kingpin carrier for sale? (Part #72 in the picture below)
Back story, if interested:
Took my PV's left front suspension apart this weekend, and tried to bend the upper arm of the kingpin carrier back over. My car wears the outside edge of the tire, and the top of the tire leans out slightly. I noticed that the arm has about 1/4 inch more clearance to the brake back plate vs. the otherside, which doesn't wear tires oddly. I figure it got whacked against a curb at some point in it's distant past, and that slender upper arm bent slightly. I unbolted the top outer pivot, and bolted on a junk rim and proceeded to pound on the arm as hard as I could. Not the slightest budge. I then tried heating the arm (with just a handheld propane torch, however) and pounded it again. Not the slightest bend. I finally gave up on it and just relocated the shock to the front of the arms in preparation for the 122 discs waiting around in my garage (using the 'angled lower shock mount bolt' method - cut through the hex part about 2/3rd's of the way with an angle grinder, bent closed, welded up the seam).
Failing finding an unbent one I guess I'll have to take mine all the way off and user stronger means of bending (like a real torch and a bigger hammer, with the part more securely held).
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