Kurt I have just recently (last week) done the same thing. It is
necessary, once the bushes have been installed, to ream the out to the
appropriate size. mine was .75 inches. I had a very hard time finding
someone with this size reamer. I checked several front end shops including
one that specializes in classic cars. I also checked with a couple of
local brit car repair shops with no luck. I finally found someone in a
local brit car club who had a machine shop and was able to hone the bushes
to the appropriate size.
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> From: Kurt Eckert <eckert(at)tfn.com>
> To: alpines(at)autox.team.net
> Subject: Trunnion and Swivel Pin Question
> Date: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 10:00 PM
>
> All,
>
> I recently had a new bushings pressed into the trunnions on my III GT as
well as
> having the swivel pin pressed into the axle carrier. I (mistakenly)
assumed that
> I would then be able to just slide the trunnion over the threaded part of
the
> swivel pin and lock it down. However, when I tried to do that it would
not budge
> and the thread looked like it would do some serious damage to the new
bushing. I
> pulled out the old swivel pin and tried to put it on over the top of the
swivel
> pin and no louck that way either. Does the trunnion have to be pressed on
to the
> swivel pin before the pin is pressed into the axle carrier? I wouldn't
think
> that this should be such a tight fit as the trunnion has to rotate on the
swivel
> pin.
>
> You can refer to http://www.mindspring.com/~teae/pasm.htm as a
refererence.
>
> Thanks,
> Kurt Eckert
> 1963 Series III GT
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