Waking up a Sleeping Beauty, 1934 5 window

[The Art Doctor]

Originally Posted by Model51

You have it right. R is passenger side and L is driver side. If, like I did, you forget to check and install them incorrectly, the brake rod connections won't line up properly. After getting over my embarrassment, I unassembled everything and swapped the pins.

If you are installing new king pins, you should also install and reem new bushings to provide a snug and proper fit so there's no slop and the pins rotate smoothly. This is easier done with the spindles off the car.

Perfect, thank you so much. This explains the extended brake rod clevises too, they put the king pins on the wrong sides and thus the rods were too short.


I had installed new bushings, that I will now be pulling for yet another set of new ones now that I have the pins filed to round. I have the correct long style reamer that will do both bushings and stay in alignment. I could not separate the tie rod end so I just loosened the clamp bolt and unwound it after marking where it went. Two forward, one backward....but ever onward.