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I have 72 F100 I am switching from manual brakes and steering to power brakes and steering.My donor truck is a 79 F150. I read in a Tech Article on this site it said to use king pin set for your truck. I compared kin pins for the two trucks and found that the pins for my 72 are 1 ten thousandth smaller in OD and 200 thousandth shorter. Is going to cause a problem? Any info would be appreciated.Thanks
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If your donor front end is in good shape, you can change out the complete I-beam set, and do it faster in a lot of cases than just changing spindles. If the King pins are bad, it's a different story. 
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Use the entire front suspension from the '79 even if the king pin are worn. With the I beams off you can have the king pins pressed out. I personally wouldn't go to all the work of the swap w/out replacing the king pins anyway. If your budget allows, replace EVERYTHING. Steering linkage, calipers, brake lines etc. You can do the whole thing for about $400. Your truck will drive like new, you'll know it's right and will last.
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It would have helped if you had told us in the first post.
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