Had to call Bernbaum's for king pins

[faucet47custom]

After racking my brain about the replacement king pin sets that I had gotten from Napa, and taking said parts with me to Tim's get together with the Canuck's and asking some Guru's, I finally called Andy's place and he had reaffirmed what I thought but didn't understand. Napa and Rock Auto list a king pin kit that is the same for Plymouth and Dodge. Those aren't correct for the Dodge cars. The upper bushing in the spindle is replaced with a needle bearing. Bernbaum sells a kit with a larger upper bushing to replace the larger diameter needle bearing. I just wanted to put this on here for anyone doing searches on this in the future.

[Fluid drive]

You are right! The Dodge, DeSoto, and Chrysler cars did use the needle bearing while Plymouth did not. The later Plymouth king pin sets will also fit the '34 PE with the independent suspension - if I remember all you have to do is slightly alter the stop flat on the pin.

Fluid Drive

[Gary Manes]

The needle bearings are much better. My mechanic said that if they had used them on both ends it would have been the best suspension on the market in that time frame.

The only ones that are hard to find are the ones for the long wheelbase models and the New Yorkers/Saratogas. I know--I have a '48 New Yorker club coupe.

I was given a tip by my shop that after installation as in your case or during regular mainenance to jack up the suspension and grease it with the wheels off the ground so grease can circulate around the entire surface on the bottoms. Wiggle the wheel around after putting in a couple of squirts to get it spread around. Put it back on the ground, and you are good to go.