[Spridgets] Fw: calipers and kingpins

[James Lempe]

 A penny saved is a government oversite! 



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: James Lempe <oldtimealaskan at yahoo.com>
To: Leo S <60bugeye at cebridge.net>
Sent: Wed, November 18, 2009 10:22:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] calipers and
kingpins


Hi Leo,

I just completed "Brazing" in new fulcrum pin bushings
yesterday.  If you have a Acelyene Torch and have done some brazing in the
past it isn't a big deal.  I'm sure you know brazing doesn't take very much
heat.  If you do tackle the job put LOTS of anti-sezing compound inside the
bushings and on the pin.  If you don't you'll never get the pin back out after
brazing.  Also lay the "A" arm flat when you braze so the
anti-sezing compound doesn't run out.  Use a caliper to measure the distance
between the bushings before you remove the old ones.  Be really careful with
the heat near the threads on the open end of the bushing.  Good Luck!

Jim
Lempe, Homer Alaska

'61 MK I AN5L26749
'66 MK II HAN8L52348
'67 MK II
HAN8L63995
 A penny saved is a government oversite!
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From: Leo S <60bugeye at cebridge.net>
To:
spridgets at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, November 17, 2009 11:12:11 PM
Subject:
[Spridgets] calipers and kingpins

Finally got around to getting upstairs in
the shop tonight and dragging down 3
sets of disk brake frontends and started
dissasmbling them to find the parts
for one good set for the front end of the
project bugeye.  ALL of the fulcrum
pins were frozen along with having major
slop so out came the die grinder and
a thin cut off wheel.  One set of the
king pins has absolutely no play so is
there a reason to re-build them (i.e.
new king pins, bushings, and haveing
them reamed?  Next question is on the
calipers.  Is it possible to split them,
bead blast and have them performance
coated for looks then install a rebuild
kit?  Does the rebuild kit come with
new pistons?  I remember seeing somewhere
that the smalll o rings inbetween
the two halfs are NLA?  Is this true ?  How
much of a PIA is it to rebuild
them or is it better to just buy a new set?
New A-Arms are definetly on the
list UNLESS I decide to try and solder in new
fulcrum pin bushings.  Has any
one don that before?

Then I have to decide if this car get wire wheeels or
not.  Have all the wire
wheel hubs and rear end but will have to round up 4
more wire wheels.  Have
one that is literally BRAND new.  Anyone go one or two
for sale that are like
brand new and dont know what to do with them:)  I cant
afford Daytons price so
willl have to search for them one at a time.  If I go
wih wire wheels the
mounts will ge cut off the WW rear end out of a 67 and
then the mounts off a
bugeye housing will ge welded on.

Leo
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