A piece of plate glass for flatness, and a sheet of 1000-1500 grit wet/dry
sandpaper. Lube with WD-40 or any other thin oil...Marvel would work well.
Follow a figure eight pattern, and rotate the washer often (not flip over,
but rotate), and check the thickness very often in the beginning until you
get a feel for how far ten "reps" of the figure eight gets you. It takes a
while but you'll end up with a nice surface and the right size.
Cheers,
Chris
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:22 PM
Subject: Thrust Washer Adjustment
> What is the best way to remove one thousands from a thrust washer?
> This is an MG laygear washer that is grooved and polished on both sides.
> Doesn't look like the all copper thrust washers in our healeys.
>
> Is sand paper or a file enough to take this down evenly? If so what would
> the
> process be? I don't have a bench grinder or belt sander.
>
> Thanks, Mark
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