Re: King Pin Shims?

[Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>]

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.
> 

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