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Might also confirm you have the "turn limiters" which are large sized nuts (uber acorn nuts) on the axle backside and hold the retaining wedges for the king-pins.
In the late 70s I rebuilt a Model A front end with the (then) standard kingpin kit. Included in the kit was the full caboodle: pins, bearings, retaining wedge, and two standard nuts. I did the front end using the parts and threw away the rusted/broken off acorn style nuts from the old axle.
I was pleased to find the car would turn a "tighter" turn radius which made it easy to park the car in the corner of my father's 2-1/2 stall garage. Pleased until it came time to get it out and I found the steering gear locked on itself. A prybar got the rods untangled but I was very wary while driving on the road for a while until I found the REAL issue - the non-standard nuts.
After correction I could no longer turn a full circle in Dad's garage, but I could drive with confidence.
Joe K