It was Patton Dickson but I don't remember where he found them. You have to
have the shims or you cannot torque the nut correctly. Nyloc may allow you
to back off the nut until the resistance on turning the axle is correct and
not worry about the nut coming off but I would not want to run it that way.
LM
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Peter Samaroo <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 09 November, 1998 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: King Pin Shims?
>If I understood Frank correctly, he suggested that you don't need shims if
>you are using a nyloc nut instead of the castellated nut.
>Another lister was able to find some, but I cannot remember where. Was it
>from Peter C. at NOS Imports?
>
>Ulix
>
>On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Peter Samaroo wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>> Does anyone know of a source for the shims that go between the
>> kingpin and the upper trunnion? I have exhausted my stock of them. Or is
>> there someway of getting around the use of these shims? I am not asking
>> about the thrust washer but the really thin shims that fit on the step
>> in the kingpin where the trunnion rests.
>> Thanks,
>> Peter S.
>>
>
> Ulix __/__,__
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> '67 Sprite
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