Good subject,
Well then how do you know if you're shimmed correctly and what size should
they be?
One of my kingpins didn't have the hole on the top, for the cotter pin, so I
used a Nyloc nut, but I'm not sure how tight it should be?
My thrust washers are both the same size, to thick, (any one know what they
should be?) and when I tightened the Nyloc nut too tight I could compress
the lower grease seal to almost nothing, but I know that after a little
driving it (the lower grease seal) would disintegrate to mush, so I backed
off a bit.
In my case I think the PO changed the trust washers to ones that are too
thick because no contact is being made between the upper shim and the
trunnion collar.
Anyone deal with this before?
-Drew '62MKII Sprite
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter [SMTP:nosimport@mailbag.com]
Sent: Monday, November 09, 1998 1:23 PM
To: Larry and Sandi Miller; Ulix Goettsch; Peter Samaroo
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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
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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
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>>..........................................................
(_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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