140ypower Posted April 10, 2014 Report Share Posted April 10, 2014 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: Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 What are you trying to ask? Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Search is your friend, and yes it's been done many times and there is kits you can buy to redo them. Is yours bad and if you think they are how do you know. Quote Link to comment
140ypower Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 I just have a little to the problem to find them :huh: is not so much a language held :D Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment
Rocket Dog Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment
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