UK Karting - Notice Board (General Karting) : Re: Spellfames

Notice Board (General Karting)

Re: Spellfames
Posted by 'alanrr' on 12 Mar 2010 @ 23:25

| View Message Thread | Reply to this message |

alanrrJoined: August 2001
Total Posts: 491
[ View User Profile ]

Spellfame are a very respectable company and I'm sure they wouldn't do it deliberately.

Be very careful with the things they advertise as 'kingpin bolts'.

A real kingpin bolt is a machined item which I call a shoulder bolt.

If the stub axle bearings centre hole are 8mm, then the bolt needs to be 7.93+ to be a true bolt.

When you put the bolt through the bearings , you should have negligible play.

Unscrupulous traders will flog you long Allen bolts whose shanks are 7.85 or even less.

Look for a rough finish on the shank.

This causes the stubs to rattle about no matter how tight you do the nuts up and will wreck the bearings, especially if you run kerbs like Pylon at Rye in the proper fashion.

Message Thread:

Spellfames "otk" king pin bolts by 'DanMax66' (12 Mar 2010 @ 19:56)

Re: Spellfames by 'alanrr' << You are here!

Re: Spellfames by 'DanMax66' (13 Mar 2010 @ 8:40)

Re: Spellfames by 'philharrison' (13 Mar 2010 @ 22:36)

Post a Reply:

You may post a direct reply to this message which will appear in this thread.
To post a new or unrelated message use This Form. Top of Page
Notice Board Index

[ UK Karting Main Index ]


News	Karts & Karting	Notice Board	Market Place	Companies Directory	Tracks Directory	Events Calendar	Race Results	Photo Gallery	Links