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Is it the ball bearings you are looking for or the bottom races? The ball bearings should be easy to locate and I have a bunch of races that range from very serviceable to NOS. Even have a set of NOS king pins and bearings in the factory tin boxes.

Jim Wayman
640 Phaeton

Both races are shot, the ball bearings look brand new and still measure within .0005 of 7/16" diameter. The upper race is part of the kingpin itself and the lower is just a cup. I've already purchased the replacement ball bearings with the dirt seal from a company in Australia for almost $200 but I haven't had time to grind down the kingpins yet. I would rather stay stock so let me know in a PM what you want for a pair of bearing races and pins.
Thanks
Todd

I have been told that the Packard quality standards decided to go for the Swedish ball bearing manufacture SKF, and the bearings were then in millimeters. Therefore I had no problems to get bearings from stock in Norway nor in Europe. On my two 6-Series I have a double ballbearing type 5304 in top, and the lower bearing of type FAG 730B.TVP. FAG is German. This is an angular contact bearing with the dimensions 20 x 52 x 15mm. The king pin has to be grinded to 20mm diameter. Best regards Odd Moen, Norway

Todd:

Don't know how to reach you by PM. Let me know how to email you directly and I will send pictures of what I have.

Jim Wayman
640 Phaeton

Hi, my e-mail address is od-moen@online.no.
Regards,
Odd Moen
Norway

Odd:

Were you the one looking for king pins and bearings or was it Todd? I notice that the user names are different.

Thanks,

Jim Wayman

Hi Jim, I'm not sure who Odd is above but I sent you a PM about your king pins. Maybe you could just reply to my regulat e-mail:
tfee16811atgmail.com (replace at with @)
Hope all is well with you
Todd