RW>  RB> I have a '77 F-250 HiBoy pickup, 351M with a NP435 4 speed, NP 205
RW>  RB> Xfer case, power steering and brakes, no a/c. On my steering, 
etween
RW> 
RW> ========================= A big snip 8< =================================
RW> 
RW> Sounds typical of Fords' twin I-beam front end.  Years ago (c1980), they 
RW> sold king pin kits to rebuild them.  When the job was done, the front end 
RW> needed alignment. After a 5 mile drive to the alignment shop, the =new= 
RW> king pins had as much slop as the old ones.
I must have a good one then, as I changed them in my '79 van and they've been
good for the last 8 years, even on the 1.5mile gravel road I live on. The
exhaust system is another story on gravel though....
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