I can second that. A long time ago an "LBC mechanic" convinced me that I
could do the kingpins myself, that they needed no reaming to assemble. Why
do they sell a kingpin reamer? Why do they sell a kingpin swivel set that
has been "reamed" if you don't have to ream them I asked. Well I got my
answer and faced with everything torn apart, it being Sunday and Monday a
work day when I needed to use the car, we honed them to fit. It lasted about
a year and a half before Randy Balough was nice enough to funish me with a
set of swivel arms with bushes he reamed with the proper tool.
Buy the swivel arm/kingpin assembly or send away yours to be properly
reamed. Make sure the place uses the proper tool. If they individually ream
each side you wioll have the same problem
Chris
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From: mgs-owner
To: Rich_and_Kerry
Cc: mgs
Subject: Re: Kingpin Bushings
Date: Tuesday, August 26, 1997 12:18PM
On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 23:05:53 -0400 Richard Peterson
<Rich_and_Kerry@compuserve.com> writes:
>As you may have guessed, I'm contemplating rebuilding the kingpins in
>my
>'77 B and would like some advice on methods of reaming the bushings.
>I
>don't have access to the factory tool, but thought about using a brake
>cylinder hone to size the bushings to the appropriate dimensions once
>they're installed. Has anyone tried this?? Will I have nightmares
>when I go to insert the kingpins?? What other methods are available, if
any,
>to do this?
Richard....Using a brake hone presents two major problems: one, the hone
would take a really long time to remove enough material for you to fit
the king pin. As if this weren't bad enough, when you'd finally made the
holes big enough, you'd discover that the two holes no longer had the
same center line and you'd have to take out even more material to get the
king pin to go through both of them. Then you'd have a pair of bushings
in worse shape than when you started......
Don't do it! Have the bushes reamed by someone with the proper tool.
You're located pretty close to University Motors, aren't you? I'm sure
they'd do it for you.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
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