I just did new king pins and bushes. The local LBC parts house in town
assisted me in press fitting the new bushes into the upright. Then he
brought out the king pin reamer. It is exactly the same length & diameter
and stepped just like the new king pin, except the area that lines up with
the bushes look similar to a drill bit. Like a thread tap, you turn the
reamer as you push it down. Instead of cutting threads, it perfectly sizes
the bushings and aligns them all at the same time.
David Riker
74 Midget
63 Falcon
70 Torino
http://home.pacbell.net/davriker
----- Original Message -----
From "Charles Christ" <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
To: <Daniel1312@aol.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Stepped Reamer for King Pins
> a reamer is a cutting edged tool. some are adjustable and some are for
> specific operations. like one i have for harley wrist pin bushings is a
> specific operation tool. a emry paper type of operation tool would be for
> polishing a non precision hole as it wil not afford a precision finish on
> the hole from 1 end to another . most king pin bushings are reamed to a
> hand fit by a machinist. unless you posess a "factory" reamer that is
> designed to do only (let's say) sprite king pin bushings. then it would
be
> a one pass operation and it would already be the correct tolerance for a
> "factory" fit ready for assembly.
>
> chuck.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Daniel1312@aol.com>
> To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:23 PM
> Subject: Stepped Reamer for King Pins
>
>
> > Hi list,
> >
> > Does anyone know how you get hold of the stepped reaming tool for
reaming
> the
> > King-pin bushes on the Spridget stub axle? Is the reamer a cutting
edged
> > tool or something you fit emery type paper into?
> >
> > Daniel1312
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