I checked the runout on both my vertical links per John's method in another thread (https://www.britishcarforum.com/bcf/showthread.php?98354-Triumph-spindles). I have it chucked in a lathe rather than a drill press. Both read around 0.050 in.
One of them had bad threads so I'm scrapping it and bought a brand new one from Rimmer Brothers which arrived yesterday. It also has around .050 runout out of the box.
Here's what it looked like: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N1y...FMxRjmM0YXS28s
Both old links turned easily before I took them out. The new link is noticeably more snug in the trunnion threads than either of the old ones. (Snug in a good way, not too tight.) Slop in the threads would allow the steering to compensate for runout in the link, but the new link doesn't have any slop.
I'm reluctant to start pounding on a brand new link with the 20-ton hydraulic press that Santa is bringing me this year. I'll definitely try it out on the scrap one first, but what do you guys think?
One of them had bad threads so I'm scrapping it and bought a brand new one from Rimmer Brothers which arrived yesterday. It also has around .050 runout out of the box.
Here's what it looked like: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N1y...FMxRjmM0YXS28s
Both old links turned easily before I took them out. The new link is noticeably more snug in the trunnion threads than either of the old ones. (Snug in a good way, not too tight.) Slop in the threads would allow the steering to compensate for runout in the link, but the new link doesn't have any slop.
I'm reluctant to start pounding on a brand new link with the 20-ton hydraulic press that Santa is bringing me this year. I'll definitely try it out on the scrap one first, but what do you guys think?