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Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:36 am

I am assembling the front suspension of my Oct-'43 Kubelwagen and I have a question; I am wondering if anybody can help out on describing/picturing/explaining the exact details of the original design of the "spacer" that sits on the king-pin. Circled on the pictures below.

This part does not really do anything and can of course easily be made and put on the kin pin.....but I would really like to make it / find it in the exact original form. As one can see below...in the German original parts manual it is made up of two parts....and in the english made manual it is just one single spacer/tube.

Does anybody know exactly what this part looked like back in 1943?

Thank you in forehand!

Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:57 pm

Hi,
It is a spacer. I ask a mechanical engineer. He told me it is used for positioning, to ensure that the output shaft in an exact position.

Hope to see what this part looked like back in 1943. And looking forward your restore.

Jack

Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:54 am

if you look at the lower king pin you can see that the actual part of the pin that fits into the spindle is part of the entire lower king pin.

So for it to fit into the lower hole on the spindle the lower king pin cannot be long enough to fill the entire space between the upper and lower king pin holes on the spindle.

So you slide the lower king pin into the spindle, then push the lower king pin into the lower hole on the spindle.

Now you have a gap between the top of the lower king ping and the upper hole in the spindle. The spacer takes up this space.

probably nothing too special about it. It's just a spacer. if you don't have the originals just put the lower in in with the lower washers and measure the distance left and that should be your spacer length minus a little for clearance.

Mon Sep 10, 2012 7:45 am

Thanks for all comments.. I know it is a spacer, I know how it fits onto the spindle and I understand its function. I have no problem making "something" that will do the job...

What I was after was the following;

- Why is it shown as being made up of two pieces in the top drawing?
- Exactly what is the design of the original spacer? Material and dimensions...
- I know that it is originally covered by a rubber dust-cover...exactly what does this original piece look like?

Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:57 am

If you look at the top drawing you can see the brass bearings which are pressed into the spindle are shown as seperate components. They are not shown in the bottom drawing at all, so I would assume part number 29 is a brass bearing which is inside the spacer and therefore not shown in the second drawing.

hope this helps

Tim