Elton,
I bought a package of assorted shims through either a local industial
hardware store or McMaster-Carr. The problem is you can find the right
I.D of .875" (7/8") but the O.D. needs to be 1.25" (1 1/4") for the BJ7
(and I think earlier 6's .. I believe the BJ8 uses different sized
shims). So the shims I ordered have an O.D. of 1.375" (1 3/8") so it was
necessary to make a quick fixture, chuck them up to a lathe and cut the
O.D. down (all at the same time). An easy job if you have a machine
lathe or a machinist friend like I do who likes beer :)
I just checked for you and McMaster-Carr has an assorted shims set. If
you go to
http://www.mcmaster.com/ and put in the following part number into the
search field, 3088A935, you will see that the 19-Piece Plain Steel Shim
Assortment costs $10.33 and contains one each of these thicknesses:
.001", .0015", .002", .003", .004", .005", .006", .007", .008", .010",
.012", .015", .020", .025", .031", .047", .062", .093", and .125".
With the above assortment and the original shims that were on the car,
it was no problem finding the right combinations to get the bearings
adjusted right. I do have a stack of extras that I could send you ...
maybe it would be enough (btw, I like beer too :)
Cheers,
John
Elton Schulz wrote:
>Hi, fellow listers!
>Does anyone know of an inexpensive source of front bearing shims for a BJ7?
>Moss wants over $4 each for the .003" and .005" shims. Based on archive
>recommendations that I should get six of each size plus four of the .010"
>shims, it can get pretty expensive for these flimsy critters.
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Elton Schulz
>63 BJ7
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