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King pin clearance?
I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking
it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose, micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease? Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter, 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965, looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow, how close should I ream them? Thanks, Darrell |
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King pin clearance?
Been too long since I have rebuilt any, like 30 years. I only seem to
remember 1 VW tool that reams these out. I am not even sure if I can even find my old tool anymore. So you have different size reamers? Clearances are pretty tight if I remember correctly, but I don't think I have ever miked them. I probably need to do some on some old Porsche 356 cars my buddy has so maybe I should find my tool and see if it is the same tool for the 356s. > wrote in message ... >I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking > it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose, > micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to > be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a > 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease? > Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter, > 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965, > looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow, > how close should I ream them? > Thanks, Darrell |
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King pin clearance?
dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
> Been too long since I have rebuilt any, like 30 years. I only seem to > remember 1 VW tool that reams these out. I am not even sure if I can even > find my old tool anymore. So you have different size reamers? > Clearances are pretty tight if I remember correctly, but I don't think I > have ever miked them. > I probably need to do some on some old Porsche 356 cars my buddy has so > maybe I should find my tool and see if it is the same tool for the 356s. > > > > wrote in message > ... >> I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking >> it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose, >> micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to >> be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a >> 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease? >> Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter, >> 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965, >> looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow, >> how close should I ream them? >> Thanks, Darrell > > A friend let me use his vintage VW reaming tool when I rebuilt the King/Link pins on my '65 about 5 years ago but a mechanic friend stopped me and instead he used his high $$ reamer that is very adjustable. Was able to ream out less metal for a tighter fit. KWW |
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KWW wrote:
> dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote: >> Been too long since I have rebuilt any, like 30 years. I only seem to >> remember 1 VW tool that reams these out. I am not even sure if I can >> even find my old tool anymore. So you have different size reamers? >> Clearances are pretty tight if I remember correctly, but I don't think >> I have ever miked them. >> I probably need to do some on some old Porsche 356 cars my buddy has >> so maybe I should find my tool and see if it is the same tool for the >> 356s. >> >> >> > wrote in message >> ... >>> I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking >>> it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose, >>> micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to >>> be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a >>> 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease? >>> Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter, >>> 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965, >>> looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow, >>> how close should I ream them? >>> Thanks, Darrell >> >> > A friend let me use his vintage VW reaming tool when I rebuilt the > King/Link pins on my '65 about 5 years ago but a mechanic friend stopped > me and instead he used his high $$ reamer that is very adjustable. Was > able to ream out less metal for a tighter fit. > KWW That reminds me, I picked up a bunch of parts recently, including a reamer, a few sets of bushings, and a set of spindles. I really need to sort thru the boxes of parts and sell stuff like that, both of my VW's have ball joints. Les |
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