Early Lemoine Front Axle

[pre10]

Any Ideas? 

[Craig Gillingham]

Is it made by Lemoine, or are you referring to the L style stub axle? If it's made by Lemoine, they made proprietary parts used on a few French cars.

[mikewest]

Lemoine is the term for the king pin arrangement . As the front end wore its bushings , the slack was removed by adjusting the jam nuts on the top. The king pin is tapered. My 10 Mitchell uses that same arraignment. I think if you look close you can see it. The big brass nuts on the top that are missing on the subject axle appear to be missing They are actually a oil reservoir.

Edited February 9, 2023 by mikewest (see edit history)

[Craig Gillingham]

1 minute ago, mikewest said:

Lemoine is the term for the king pin arrangement . As the front end wore its bushings , the slack was removed by adjusting the jam nuts on the top. The king pin is tapered. My 10 Mitchell uses that same arraignment. I think if you look close you can see it.

Yes, OK, I understand this part, however, Lemoine was an actual manufacturer in France. Before the model T Ford, France was the largest builder of cars in the world, and quite a few made it to the US. I thought it may have been from an early French car. I have previously seen stub axles actually made by Lemoine, fitted to French cars.

[mikewest]

I misunderstood Craig. In at least my case the front end is "Lemoine STYLE" Im sure Mitchell borrowed the design.

[JV Puleo]

Winton used a Lemoine front axle as well but it was quite rare on American cars although the were probably a few more.

[Craig Gillingham]

1 hour ago, mikewest said:

I misunderstood Craig. In at least my case the front end is "Lemoine STYLE" Im sure Mitchell borrowed the design.

No worries.

[pre10]

I also did not know Lemoine was an actual company, always learning.

The guy that had this also had an early Peugeot, but its axle did not look like this.