25-03-2020, 11:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 25-03-2020, 12:04 PM by Colin Wilks.)
Hi Jon
This only works if you have access to a lathe, but re your point "2. I have some washers to shim from one of the suppliers. They are all the same thickness. What does one do when you cant get a second one in, but there is still up/down play?"
When I was doing my king pins I had the same problem. I made a work holder out of an old pin and bush and soldered the new thrust washer to the bush after facing the latter on the lathe. I could then turn the washer down to a precise and consistent thickness so as to fit the gap. I don't have a belt sander, which would probably do the job just as well.
I should add, Nick Turley offered a different solution in another thread ("Trackrod gap"), which was to braze up both components and file back.
This only works if you have access to a lathe, but re your point "2. I have some washers to shim from one of the suppliers. They are all the same thickness. What does one do when you cant get a second one in, but there is still up/down play?"
When I was doing my king pins I had the same problem. I made a work holder out of an old pin and bush and soldered the new thrust washer to the bush after facing the latter on the lathe. I could then turn the washer down to a precise and consistent thickness so as to fit the gap. I don't have a belt sander, which would probably do the job just as well.
I should add, Nick Turley offered a different solution in another thread ("Trackrod gap"), which was to braze up both components and file back.