[Land-speed] King Pin Bearings

Benn benn at sonic.net
Fri Feb 26 17:47:23 MST 2010


My gut feel is that king pins may induce a little friction in the system 
that could be good for damping (assuming you've reamed the bushings on the 
snug side).  But, for calibration purposes, my experience with making a 
liner go fast is, uh, zero.
Benn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Skip Higginbotham" <Saltrat at pahrump.com>
To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 4:10 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] King Pin Bearings


> List,
> I have been looking for a better bearing system for the king pins on the 
> liner. I want to use tapered rollers instead of bushings but I can't find 
> what I want. I want to do this to firm up the inline front end and make 
> alignment more accurate.
>
> Is there a kit to replace bushings with tapered rollers? The front end is 
> early Chevy pickup.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> Skip
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