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hey, has anyone changed the king of those pins in place of any axle stub hub? I thought how about something a little closely matched? for example, toyota hilux, nissan king cab, mitsubishi any? :confused: 

I tried it to get a better controllability and responsiveness. I found a similar project topicin, but in a different car... http://forums.nicoclub.com/betzy-240z-updates-for-2013-t570373.html

but please give advice, links, pictures, how would you implement this :geek:

 

 

 

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I think you are asking if some other model or make of truck has kingpins that will work in a 521.  I believe you can still get kingpin repair kits for a 521, from Nissan.

 

For me, I would try to get a Nissan repair kit.  But I live close to two friendly and helpful Nissan dealer that will help look up parts for a 44 year old Datsun truck.

 

In theory, replacing the kingpins is not that difficult, but actually doing it can be difficult.  I built a fixture to hold a hydraulic ram under the kingpin, and used maximum pressure on it, and even then I had to heat up the back side of the spindle with a torch to get the pins to move.

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I think you are asking if some other model or make of truck has kingpins that will work in a 521.  I believe you can still get kingpin repair kits for a 521, from Nissan.

 

For me, I would try to get a Nissan repair kit.  But I live close to two friendly and helpful Nissan dealer that will help look up parts for a 44 year old Datsun truck.

 

In theory, replacing the kingpins is not that difficult, but actually doing it can be difficult.  I built a fixture to hold a hydraulic ram under the kingpin, and used maximum pressure on it, and even then I had to heat up the back side of the spindle with a torch to get the pins to move.

 

You could take one of the photo enhanced descriptions of changing the king pins---to a machine shop and ask if they can do that kind of work.  Most of us don't have the equipment, know-how, or rugged good looks that Dan has.

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