Drilling oversize and installing a bushing works with one caveat! The
original hole center needs to be maintained! As most of the wear in these
cases is in one direction, if your were to just drill it oversize, the hole
center will have moved measurably away from the original hole center.
The recommended way to do this properly per Nelson Riedel's technical
articles that were on the Buckeye Triumph site, is to weld the elongated
hole closed, then redrill using the original hole center and install a bush
if desired, but as most of these pieces took 30 or 40 years to wear out, why
bother!!
Good luck and of course YMMV,
Jim
Jim Bauder
'58 TR3 (Almost Sold!)
'68 TR250 (Starting on the New Project!)
Scottsdale, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From owner-triumphs at Autox.Team.Net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:40 AM
To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: clevis forks
Jerry,
When you re drilled your clevis forks did you consider drilling oversize
and pressing in a hardened bushing, or is there a problem with that in
the sense that there is not enough material.
The above is what I am going to have to do to both brake and clutch
pedal assemblies. Clevis pins and bolts are a dime a dozen; it there a
reason not to overbore and press in a hard bushing in both the pedal
assemblies and the clevis forks?
Gene Glenn
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