When I rebuilt my front suspension, I happen to have 2- new sets of pins to
lock
the king pins to the lower 'pivot screw/pin'. one set fit, and the other would
only go about half way in.
- Bryan
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>> 1) How critical is it that the kingpin cotter pin be driven all the way
>> thru?? I can't get it past the first thread showing. Can the assembly
>> take a lot of beating to get this through?? I'm just not sure how much
>> drifting before something breaks.
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>You are talking about the wedge shaped pin right?
>Do you still have an old one? Compare the new to the old. It almost seems
>that I remember that I had the same problem and eventually determined that
>the new pins didn't really fit that well and I filed the angled surface of
>the pin so that I could get it in far enough to get a nut on.
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>Please don't go by my word on this, ask a round and make sure you have the
>parts aligned right as Peter suggests.
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