You don't happen to have wheel bearing shims do you?
Larry Miller
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter <nosimport@mailbag.com>
To: Larry and Sandi Miller <millerls@email.msn.com>; Ulix Goettsch
<ulix@u.washington.edu>; Peter Samaroo <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 09 November, 1998 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: King Pin Shims?
>To all,
> Yes, we have them in .005", .015", & .032". Got them for Patton and had to
>buy them in 100 lots. They are called "shortening shims". We use a similar
>shim for shock valving so I already deal with the company. (.005 & .015
>were some of the OE sizes. .032 was next size up from the manufacturer.)
>Peter C
>-------------
>At 09:54 AM 11/9/98 -0800, Larry and Sandi Miller wrote:
>>It was Patton Dickson but I don't remember where he found them. You have
to
>>have the shims or you cannot torque the nut correctly. Nyloc may allow you
>>to back off the nut until the resistance on turning the axle is correct
and
>>not worry about the nut coming off but I would not want to run it that
way.
>>
>>LM
>>
>>
>>>If I understood Frank correctly, he suggested that you don't need shims
if
>>>you are using a nyloc nut instead of the castellated nut.
>>>Another lister was able to find some, but I cannot remember where. Was
it
>>>from Peter C. at NOS Imports?
>>>
>>>Ulix
>>>
>>>On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Peter Samaroo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Listers,
>>>> Does anyone know of a source for the shims that go between the
>>>> kingpin and the upper trunnion? I have exhausted my stock of them. Or
is
>>>> there someway of getting around the use of these shims? I am not asking
>>>> about the thrust washer but the really thin shims that fit on the step
>>>> in the kingpin where the trunnion rests.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Peter S.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ulix __/__,__
>>>.......................................................... (_o____o_)....
>>> '67 Sprite
>>>
>>>
>>
>Peter Caldwell
>1 very rough Innocenti
>(the Sprite with an accent)
>among other LBCs and 4WDBCs
>Contact for: The Columbia County Bonspiel
> Curling on 13 sheets @ 5 clubs in WI
> Feb 5 - 7 1999
>
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