That's one of the reasons I came up with my method, one other reason
would be that it's possible
to re-use a block that has experienced thrust washer failure.
Ron
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:11:33 -0400 "SHANE Ingate" <hottr6@hotmail.com>
writes:
> 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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