Glynn,
Someone told me that they were fractionally different lengths. Have you
tried fitting the trunnion and tightening it down with shims to the correct
vertical tollerance?
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From Glen Byrns <grbyrns at ucdavis.edu>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 06 December 2004 21:04
Subject: king pin question
>I finally started to swap in the disc brakes for the Austin A35 and got out
>one of the old kingpins from the original drum brake setup. I see no
>difference between the drum brake king pin and the disc brake king pin.
>Compared side by side they look identical. I installed the disc brake
swivel
>axel on the drum brake king pin and it fit perfectly. No slop, no play, no
>problem. The catalogues suggest that disc king pins are a different number
>from the drum brake king pin, (though all are NLA). Does anyone have an
>official parts book or specific knowledge of the differences (or lack of
same)
>between the king pins? At this point it seems a whole lot easier to just
>leave the king pins in place and begin the swap at the swivel axle.
>
>Thanks,
>Glen Byrns
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