![]() Dacia's budget family car with seven seats! The £18,000 Jogger tested.Maserati Grecale test - the SUV with 50% of sales projected for women.Skoda's crowning glory: Superb L&K 4x4 Estate with extras driven.Behind the wheel of Rolls-Royce's Spectre: We test the new EV Roller.We beat the new Bond to test his new car: Aston Martin DB12 review.That crap gets everywhere and STICKS, but you gotta love that smell VINTAGE. Hey Steve, I have the same punch/bushing installer as you do (1st picture)Īnd ya, beam grease is the pits. Funny how easily they cut them up back then." Side note, beam grease is NASTY!ġ00 years from now when they have reverse atom regeneration attractor technology perfected and in a hand held back yard mechanic's price range, someone will dig up this thread and go, "What were those guys thinking? The whole thing was all there just waiting to be re-atomized. This is my first time on these parts, so if I can do it. Just waiting on parts in the snail for final assembly. Here's a few pics that I did on my kick ass work bench that consists of a 1/2 inch plywood and a old charcoal grill stand and some old hangers to help paint. I don't think king/link front ends are hard to work on at all (besides having to get those stubborn king pins pressed out). Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery! King Tuk aka punch drunk customs here in the forums has an excellent reputation for his beams and his service Vintage Volkswagen Sales and Service as well as Classics and Muslcecars all located here in Phoenix Arizona at Back to top "every one wants to reinvent the wheel, but nobody knows how to make it round" ![]() I like doing the king pins, rebuild and rebush both sides complete in under 90min including R&R wheels, and backing plates and bearings!! I personally like Link and King pin front ends, i like the feel of the car, the they can be dropped more, and overall there stronger, simple to work on, buy a reamer and do it yourself, its not hard at all, not everyone has a press but if you have one it makes it easier to do as well, i bought one from harbor frieght bench top size, works perfect, but if not any machine shop can press out and in your stuff, then you can ream the bushings and reassemble. Location: Phoenix AZ, but originally from Long Island NY Any idea a good place to buy a narrow beam ? I am understanding the king pin is better than i had heard and have decided to keep it and just put spindels and narrow the beam. Salt's for racin', asphalts for gettin' there. You can get lowered balljoints to help this but you still can't go as low with beam adjustments, and as said is much stronger. King/Link front ends actually ride better on a lowered car because it doesn't bind up like balljoints do. I think the answer is if it is in your car it is not worth the effort to change to a different type. So tell me why you like the king pin link pin so much better than a ball joint ? What is better to lower king pin or ball joint ? I actually bought a reamer and did it myself. Any decent vw/machine shop should have the tools to complete this job. ![]() The only difficult part on the link pin front end is you need a reamer to ream the bushing before you install the king pins. The link pin front end is actually stronger than the ball joint front end. I might be way off that is why i am asking.īoth front end types have pros and cons. That its a better ride with balljoint thats been lowered! I have rebuilt my front end in my 68 chevelle a few times (owned 20 years) and its ball joint. I have heard its hard to work on the kp/lp front ends. Why do you want to change to a ball joint front end? It can be done, but you have to change (weld on) the ball joint frame head. ![]() Has any one done this or is it even a possablity ? Thanks for all the help. New to the bug sceen! I have a 61 bug and was wondering if the front suspention can be changed to balljoint ? I am going to replace all front suspention including the beam. Posted: Thu 3:03 pm Post subject: king pin /link pin conversion ? Quick sort: Show newest posts on top | Show oldest posts on top
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