1969 Bronco Kingpin Dampener not fitting Dana 30

[TheBroncoBob]

I have a 1969 Ford Bronco with a Dana 30 Front axle. I removed the steering knuckle and the seal bearing etc. It was so trashed that its hard to tell what all was in there but I did not see a rubber dampener on either top or bottom when removing everything. I ordered the kingpin complete rebuild kit from Wild Horses and I am putting it back together and the bearing will not sit down into the race. Its about 1/4" higher than sitting flush with the race.

Am I doing something wrong. I will post some photos to assist anyone with knowledge of this to be able to help me hopefully. I see a lot of posts throughout the forums but no fix or clear answers. Its like they get it figured out and never come back to post the resolution.

I am new here so once I figure out how to post photos ill upload them.

 

[TheBroncoBob]

Link to Gallery of photos of kingpin Bearing Installation

 

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[WILDHORSES]

The hard rubber dampener will not allow the bearing to sit in the race until you tighten the king pins down basically smashing the dampener. Once the king pins are tightened with shims installed you should be able to rotate the knuckle without any binding. Shims can typically be installed in the same spots and quantities as they were removed.

Jim