The correct 5/8" hand reamer is available from Enco
http://www.use-enco.com/ as P/N 333-5100. It was $15.77 in my 1997
catalog, but I can't imagine it's gone up too much since then.
If you have something that will turn it, the chucking reamer is a little
cheaper, P/N 331-1140, listed for $10.10 in my 97 catalog. I used one
of these in my drill press to ream the bushings for my 59 TR3A.
Randall
Paul Schneider wrote:
>
> My trunion bushings needed honing. I put a drill (maybe 3/8" dia) in my
> drill press, taped a piece of 150 grit sandpaper to it, and wound it around
> the drill (stuffing a few small pieces of cardboard in) to the point where
> it was snug in the bushing. Then it was sand and check the fit, sand and
> check the fit, and so on until I got it to the point of fitting really tight
> on the trunion. Be careful to try and keep the centerlines of the bushing
> and sandpaper (drill) as close as possible. It seemed to work.
>
> I'm going to use my new fulcrum bushings. Not as tight as what I want, but
> it will give me something to change 20 years from now when my car is done
> and on the road.
>
> I'm going to make a spring compressor next week. I think a 2 1/2" x 4" x
> 1/4" thick plate drilled to fit the lower shock mounts. Then I'll run a
> threaded rod through the center of the plate up through the upper shock
> mounting hole. I have a 1/2" rod, but I may pick up something larger. In
> theory, I should be able to tighten the nuts on the threaded rod, drawing
> the lower spring mounting plate up to the lower a arms. To be sure, I'll be
> standing off to the side. I took the springs off using an outside spring
> compressor on the inside of the springs. It didn't work well.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Dixon <amdixon@erols.com>
> To: Triumphs@Autox. Team. Net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:43 AM
> Subject: TR3A Fitment of new trunnions?
>
> >
> >Is there anything I need to know that isn't in the book about getting the
> >new trunnion pins into the new bushes in the lower arms or is it just a
> >matter of swearing, grunting, pushing and shoving in this bleedin' 100+
> >heat?
> >Thanks,
> >Andy
> >
> >
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