D60 kingpin upper seal
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Put a nylon bushing in and see if the same thing happens. I am interested because I have a set of the bronze bushings I am going to use in my build. I don't think the bronze has anything to do with it because that gap is dependent on what happens at the bottom bearing not the top kingpin If I am thinking right. Could your inner C be bent?
It's not the C bent, it's the exact same gap on both sides and the stock knuckles didn't do this (or at least I didn't notice it). I thought about trying a nylon bushing since I haven't done that with these knuckles. Before I installed everything I compared the bronze and nylon bushings and they appeared to be the exact same dimensions. I emailed Matt at Solid to see what he says before I take them apart again.
Thanks. That could be it. It's a 78 Ford axle with Chevy knuckles. I will look into that more.
Update: looks like the Ford 85-91.5 seal is 0.1" taller. Going to order some of those and give them a shot, although I am still not sure why I have this issue when supposedly my axle is out of a '78 dually, and I didn't need the taller seal with stock Chevy knuckles.
Update: looks like the Ford 85-91.5 seal is 0.1" taller. Going to order some of those and give them a shot, although I am still not sure why I have this issue when supposedly my axle is out of a '78 dually, and I didn't need the taller seal with stock Chevy knuckles.
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