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A king pin member in the form of a plate portion adapted to index to a spindle knuckle, and a king pin stub extending from the plate portion in one of several positions offset from the indexing member, and thus from the nominal location of the king pin stub, such that the king pin member may be posi

A king pin member in the form of a plate portion adapted to index to a spindle knuckle, and a king pin stub extending from the plate portion in one of several positions offset from the indexing member, and thus from the nominal location of the king pin stub, such that the king pin member may be positioned in the spindle knuckle and engage an axle terminus to rotate the spindle knuckle to a desired orientation relative to the axle terminus to adjust and correct the camber relationship of a wheel journalled to the spindle knuckle. The offset king pin stub may be rotatable relative to the plate portion to provide variable offsets. By first measuring the camber maladjustment and selecting the king pin member with an appropriate offset king pin stub, camber corrections can be made. In particular applications, two corrective king pin members may be desirable to maintain the spindle knuckle and axle terminus geometry. Also, in some applications a two axis king pin stub may be necessary to facilitate installation of the kind pin member in the spindle knuckle.

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In an axle assembly including a driven and steerable wheel, the axle assembly comprising: an axle; a yoke structure defined at an end of the axle, the yoke including upper and lower king pin locating means; a steering knuckle having upper and lower pilot openings defined therein; upper and lower fir

In an axle assembly including a driven and steerable wheel, the axle assembly comprising: an axle; a yoke structure defined at an end of the axle, the yoke including upper and lower king pin locating means; a steering knuckle having upper and lower pilot openings defined therein; upper and lower first king pin means, each having indexing means adapted to fit the corresponding pilot opening, and each having a king pin stub in the form of a cylindrical shaft with an axis nominally positioned relative to the indexing means, each king pin stub being positioned in one of the yoke king pin locating means to secure the steering knuckle to the yoke with the yoke being rotatably movable at the king pin stub; and a spindle defining an axis and extending from the steering knuckle, the spindle being adapted to support a wheel for rotation around the spindle axis; the improvement comprising: an asymmetric king pin means with an asymmetric king pin stub positioned on the indexing means with the asymmetric king pin stub axis displaced from the nominal axis of the first king pin stub in a direction parallel to the spindle axis; whereby the asymmetric king pin means will rotate the steering knuckle and spindle relative to the yoke to change the camber relationship of the spindle relative to the yoke when positioned in place of the first king pin means.