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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