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Kingpin shims revisited

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Subject: Kingpin shims revisited
From: Patton Dickson <kpatton@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 08:34:17 -0600
Hey everyone,

Well I'm back to square one with my shim trouble (or maybe one and a
half), and need some advice.

Last weekend, I went over to finish my front end job (that was supposed
to be finished in December) with my 5 shiny new kingpin shims in hand,
to add to the two that I got with the front end rebuild kits.  On the
left side, it took 3 shims, everything worked just fine.  But on the
right side, I used the last 4, and when I tighten down the kingpin nut,
it still seizes.  ARGH, and as you may remember, I had bought what had
amounted to the last 5 of these in the US.

So here is my dilemma now.  I know I have to make my own.  I bought some
brass shim stock (the original was tin, that doesn't matter does it).
So now I need to cut it.  What is the best way to cut it any stay
reasonably accurate.  I don't have a great deal of room for mistake
since the inner and outer diameters are pretty close.  Also, I know that
I cannot drill the center since it would tear something so thin.

Any suggestions, its frustrating to be held up 3 weeks by something so
tiny.

Patton

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