Sounds like the kingpins on my godfather's 1936 MG VA. He bought it in 37,
broke a kingpin in 43 or so. No way he was getting a replacement in the
middle of the War. He owned a company that made and sold pumps, so he went
down to the machine shop and had the shop foreman make him a new set. When
one of those broke in about 1998, he went down to the shop, cornered the
foreman and complained about the shoddy materials and workmanship to the
very same foreman (with a large grin on his face I'm sure).
Said foreman told him 'George, come back this afternoon and I'll have you a
new set.'
Lo, and behold, that afternoon a new set was delivered. New kingpins, ways,
and all the associated bits all made from titanium. (complete with
appropriate bolts to prevent galling).
Foreman told him 'George, I'll guarantee these for the rest of our lives',
with an equally large grin. Both of them were over 90.
George passed on a few years later, as did the machinist. But the kingpins
roll on in that VA.
iii
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Justin Wagner <jmwagner@greenheart.com>wrote:
> Back in the very late 70s, I had one of those "hollow center bolts"
> break on my street TR4A's spin-on adapter. I took it to a machnist and
> he took one look at the broken part and told me that the way it had been
> made, it was practically designed to break. The new one that he made
> looked like NASA would have approved of it.
>
> --Justin
>
> Randall wrote:
>
> >>Anybody know of a similar one for the tractor motor?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Revington offers several different styles of cooler adapters for the
> TR3-4;
> >including a spin-on plus cooler adapter.
> >
> >I believe they also offer a complete filter head (rather than an adapter),
> >which might be preferable for racing. While I've never had one break, the
> >hollow center bolt used with the common spin-on adapters seems kind of
> >flimsy to me, and having those hoses hanging off can only add more
> strain.
> >
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