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Postby madmark » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:05 pm

well belive it or not she has kingpin wear :( i know its only done 15k but maybe because of the weight it carryed and bombing around a bumpy village ! i am useing mk3 steering gear mostly just the axle and kinpins and hubs are mk1 ! she is very vauge on the steering though and bouncy i think they must have heave dutty springs on it! i look at it as driveing a 1950,s land rover! :lol:
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Postby FredTransit » Sat Apr 09, 2005 6:08 pm

madmark wrote:well belive it or not she has kingpin wear :( i know its only done 15k but maybe because of the weight it carryed and bombing around a bumpy village ! i am useing mk3 steering gear mostly just the axle and kinpins and hubs are mk1 ! she is very vauge on the steering though and bouncy i think they must have heave dutty springs on it! i look at it as driveing a 1950,s land rover! :lol:


...........so it might be worth your while changing it to a Mk2/3 if you cna find a low enough milage, as even Mk2 kingpins are getting hard to get hold of!
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