You may want to try an industrial supply house and ask them if they if
they carry brass shim material. I have some .004 made by PSW company. Mill
wrights use the stuff. I could send you some of the .004 if it would help.
...Art
On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Patton Dickson wrote:
> Hey everybody,
>
> Today the front suspension was supposed to go back on, but I have come
> across another glitch.
>
> When I tighten the king pin nut down, the spindles will not turn. After
> a few of us (it was during the tech session) scratched our heads, it was
> decided that the shim that sits between the kingpin and the spindle was
> not enough. Dennis Bufton had a parts manual, and it show that there
> are three sizes that are available for this purpose, so we are probably
> on the right track. The problem is that of the major suppliers, only
> Mini Mania lists these, and they tell me that it is basically on
> indefinite backorder (they may be able to find a couple out of a broken
> kit in their shop, but they won't know that till next week. After I
> called Moss, they used the parts numbers I had and had 2 (of the .008),
> those I bought, but would rather have a little more to work with that
> just two, and I would like to get the smaller size (.003) so I can get
> this right. Vicky Brit, Special Interest both basically gave me the old
> S-O-L answer.
>
> Anyone have any ideas where i can find them, or have faced (and
> overcome) this themselves. The parts numbers that were found are
>
> 2A4008 .012"
> 2A4007 .008"
> 2A4168 .003"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patton
>
>
>
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