Dana 60 Dual Hole Springless Arm Set for Reid Knuckles, (PMD60DHG-REID)
Comes with:
1 x Right Hand Steering Arm with Two Holes (5" Center to Center Hole 1) (7.25" Center to Center of Hole 2) (PMD60RDH5)
1 x Left Hand Steering Arm with One Hole (6.375" Center to Center) (PMD60LDH5)
10 x ARP Studs
10 x 1/2" - 20 tpi. Tapered Nuts
2 x 3/4" - 16 tpi. Set Screws
2 x 3/4" - 16 tpi. Jam Nuts
2 x Grease Zerk Fittings
2 x 3/8" Flat Washers
2 x D60 King Pin Bushings
More info.
A staple of the kingpin Dana 60 world (unless you have a Ford, more about that later). These steering arms have been around forever, and continue to git ‘er dun. The springless design eliminates the kingpin spring, and is vital when you have larger than 37” tires. The kingpin spring rate was designed for the 31” pizza cutter tires that originally came on the older trucks. When the tire size increases, so does the weight, and that means the kingpin spring is no longer stiff enough to hold the assembly together. When you use the springless design, there’s no longer a spring that can compress going over bumps (think washboard surfaces). We get questions about how often it needs adjustment, and our recommendation is check it at every oil change. It wears when you turn; it’s not a wheel bearing or driveline spinning a million miles per hour.
If you have a Ford kingpin knuckle, bad news, new knuckles are in your horoscope. Plenty of people try, but eventually the OE Ford kingpin knuckles fail when high steer is used. You can run off the stock knuckle arm all day long, and we’ve built full hydro buggies that did without fail. However once you bolt something to the top of the Ford knuckle, it’s breaks the top off :\
