[Healeys] King Pin with needle bearings

[Bob Spidell]

Another question: do these needle bearings replace the thrust bushings 
(on the top of the upper trunnion), or the 'vertical' bushings (the ones 
that have to be reamed to fit)?  The former have been around for awhile, 
the latter would be something new (to me, at least).

BTW, I have the needle thrust bearings and, yes, they help quite a bit 
to reduce steering effort.


bs



Pieter and Linda wrote:
> The big difference here is that in cam rockers the load is always in 
> one direction, up. In the king pins the load is spread fairly evenly 
> over all the bearings, thus reducing the friction when turning. They 
> made a huge difference to my car with the 6 inch rims.
> cheers
> Pieter
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