Steve Smith wrote:
>I'm imagining I'd use brass flathead screws in probably 6-32
>thread???????? Anybody have any suggestions or comments on how they did
>it? I've read for years these need to be "silver-pinned" but I've no clue
>what that is?
Hey Steve,
Never though I'd be offering you my $0.02, but at the risk of being shot
down, here goes.
Maybe I am interpreting your question (and the response from other FOTers)
completely
wrong, but I would not pin the washers in this fashion. The way I see it,
pinning can lead
to a false sense of security, and if not checked regularly and accurately,
then what happens
when the washer does wear enough to expose the screw/pin? It will grind its
way into the
crank and you wind up with a shot crank.
Kas outlines a good procedure in his latest book, by spot-welding the tangs
of Toyota
thrust washers. This solution does not expose the crank to anything that
will bury its way
in.
Shane Ingate, possibly full of it, in Maryland
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