Hot Rod Front End - More Bang For Your Buck - Tech
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Next came the spindle installation. The frontend assembly came with a kingpin set that consists of a pair of kingpins, felt washers, cup washers, lower bearings, and retaining pins. Paying attention to installing the spindles correctly (there is a difference between the left and right hand spindles) Michael lubed the kingpins, slid the felt washer up to the head of the kingpins, and followed with the cup washers that sandwich the felt between them and the kingpin heads. He then slid the spindles over the axle ends and installed the lower bearings between the axle and the lower spindle flange, making sure to install the bearings with the surface marked top was indeed facing up toward the axle. The kingpins were then slid downward making sure the machined indentation of the pins lined up with the holes in the axle and the retainers were inserted from the front. Michael also opted to use P&J retainer nuts that double as steering stops rather than the standard hex head nuts supplied in the kingpins set. View Related Article
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