V8 60 king pin lock bolts

[Atwater Mike]

Originally Posted by alchemy

Interesting. So basically the lock bolts will lock the kingpin from spinning, but not push it sideways to prevent "rocking". I wonder why Ford went with this method in this application? The regular wedge pin method seems superior to me.

Thanks for all those dimensions, as it will make it easy for all us tube axle owners to replicate our missing lock bolts.

Well! IF my tube axles were bored to use the 'wedge' type keepers, it would explain why Sid has seen them both ways, and why mine are bored 'large'.