[Land-speed] King Pin Bearings

[John Burk]

Skip
You could ream the spindle bores for the next size rollers above the bushing 
wall thickness . Brinelling could be a problem and you'd need a way to 
retain the lower rollers . Is your scrub radius small . If not , correcting 
it would reduce the friction of standard bushings .
John



> 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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