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Re: king pin question

To: "Glen Byrns" <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>
Subject: Re: king pin question
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:12:44 -0800
Cc: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
References: <001301c4dbd4$6ad23fd0$6664640a@vgl.cvg.ucdavis.edu>
Yep,  they are different length to where they are shimmed. Maybe you 
have two drum brake ones you are comparing.

Gerard

At 12:44 PM -0800 12/6/04, Glen Byrns wrote:
>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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