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Re: King Pin Shims?

To: "Larry and Sandi Miller" <millerls@email.msn.com>, "Ulix Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>, "Peter Samaroo" <mrbugeye@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: King Pin Shims?
From: Peter <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 13:22:58 -0800
Cc: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
In-reply-to: <000601be0c0a$0b5245a0$80362599@larry>
Reply-to: Peter <nosimport@mailbag.com>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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                                                    __/__,__
>>.......................................................... (_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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