Kingpins, a blast from the past.

[Corvette]

Anyone have/ about to install new kingpins? I changed out the front brake backing plates to discover 1. C1’s have kingpins, I thought it was only my old Bentley had them, and 2. One side is virtually seized to the point that I needed a tyre lever to swivel the knuckle! So about to install new kingpins with uprights remaining in car(hopefully). Will update…..

 

[Roscobbc]

My first wheeled vehicle (after bikes & scoots) was a Berkeley T60. That had kingpin front suspension.......it needed to be kept well lubed to prevent excess wear......probably why so many upmarket cars like Rolls Royces etc had centralised chassis lubrication.........