The roller bearings reduce steering effort. I have 6" rims and 185/70R tires
and the difference was significant. If you're happy with the steering effort
you have I wouldn't bother, but since you're putting new in anyway ...
bs
Stephen Hutchings wrote:
> I bought a king pin set from someone who had surplus- it's the set that
> AH Spares sells- and it came with a set of trunnion bearings - the
> original oilite type. I hadn't realized that the set would come with the
> trunnion bearings, so I bought a set separately, which turned out to be
> the roller bearing type. I've heard extravagant claims for the roller
> bearings, but wonder what the wisdom of the list says about which set to
> use.
>
> Stephen, BJ8
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