[Spridgets] Midget spring pan

Ron Soave soavero at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 29 20:42:32 MDT 2021


Also - the set screw for the kingpin is now a grease zerk in our setup. In two seasons, no measurable wear. Clancy’s is a good design - I just know mine works.

Ron Soave

> On Mar 29, 2021, at 9:35 PM, Ron Soave via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Yes, it does. Mine allows for castor adjustment as well. 
> 
> Ron Soave
> 
>> On Mar 29, 2021, at 7:18 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
>> 
>> The kingpin in that photo was not locked to the fulcrum pin with the usual "cotter" pin.  It was allowed to rotate on the fulcrum pin and the oval hole worn in the end is the result.  Clancy's design uses two bearings per fulcrum pin instead of threads.  The kingpin does not rotate on the fulcrum pin.
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>>>> On Mar 29, 2021, at 7:31 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> Not sure what I’m looking at. We used a design using actual bearing surfaces rather than using threads rotating as a bearing...
>>> 
>>> Ron Soave
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>>>>> On Mar 29, 2021, at 4:23 PM, Rick Fisk <refisk at chartermi.net> wrote:
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>>>> Welds look good.  Kingpin rotates on a chromoly pin?  Hmmm, watch out for this happening.....
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>>>> <image0.jpeg>
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>>>>>> On Mar 29, 2021, at 5:09 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’ve got those as well, but ultimately like our design a bit better. Ours have the kingpin rotate on a chromoly pin rather than having the pin rotate. See a few of the welds we added- 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ron Soave
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