I am trying to id this front axle/spindles. I am planning to replace the Dayton dental drive front hubs with a hub that will take bolt on wheels
I’d take the hubs off and measure the spindle. Might be easier to find a bolt on wheel hub with those specs. Maybe. Bones
sure looks like V8-60 axle and early ford round back spindles.Unless spindles have been machined,should be a simple case of just mounting a set of pre 48 ford hubs
You have a ‘37 Ford tube axle with ‘37-‘41 Ford spindles. If the OEM king pins used on the tube axles are still on it they will be different than k/p’s that are typically seen. Instead of the regular notch in the k/p there will be a radiused notch that takes a round lock pin. The round lock pins are a slightly smaller diameter and very hard to find. If someone drilled your axle to 9/16” the k/p locks will have a taper machined on them. Only the very earliest ‘28 Model A’s and the tube axles used the round locks and matching king pins.
After a second look I see your axle has been drilled for the wedge k/p locks. The round locks have an integral steering stop and a threaded end for lock washers and hex nuts, neither is visible on the front of your axle.
[QU Thanks everybody for the very fast replies. I am taking the Daytons off to try to eliminate a vibration/shake problem at higher speeds. Thanks again OTE="Fordors, post: 12861035, member: 287604"]You have a ‘37 Ford tube axle with ‘37-‘41 Ford spindles. If the OEM king pins used on the tube axles are still on it they will be different than k/p’s that are typically seen. Instead of the regular notch in the k/p there will be a radiused notch that takes a round lock pin. The round lock pins are a slightly smaller diameter and very hard to find. If someone drilled your axle to 9/16” the k/p locks will have a taper machined on them. Only the very earliest ‘28 Model A’s and the tube axles used the round locks and matching king pins.[/QUOTE]
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