Patent ID: 6029986
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B62D,F16C

Abstract:
Steering axle arrangement for a non-driven steerable vehicle wheel, comprising a kingpin with a middle portion, which is fixed in a bore in an axle member, and with cylindrical ends extending above and below upper and lower surfaces of the axle member, a steering knuckle provided with an axle end for a wheel hub, and upper and lower taper roller bearings received in upper and lower bearing seats in the steering knuckle, in which said roller bearing's cylindrical ends are mounted, the steering knuckle (12) having an upwardly facing supporting surface (20) for the outer ring (19) of the upper bearing (17) and a downwardly facing supporting surface (22) for the outer ring (21) of the lower bearing (18), characterized in that the upper bearing (17) has an inner ring (23) which is fixed against the upper surface (6) of the axle member (1), that the steering knuckle is journalled with a gap (b) between a lower surface (10) of the axle member (1) and an opposite steering knuckle surface (28) and that the bearings are preloaded towards each other by means of tightening elements (24, 26) abutting against the inner rings (23, 25) and fixed to said cylindrical ends (5, 9).