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tld6008

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Anyone know of a facility near Pensacola, FL that will ream the bushings in the swivel axle? Or does anyone have a used/functional reamer for sale?
 
tld6008 said:
Anyone know of a facility near Pensacola, FL that will ream the bushings in the swivel axle? Or does anyone have a used/functional reamer for sale?
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If you're not a member of the local Healey Club there, have you tried contacting them?
 
ANY machine shop can do it for you, if you can get them interested enough. I use standard reamers, but with a pilot in the opposite end to ensure the cuts align with each other.

We're moving in ten (10) days to the Sarasota/Bradenton area, but it'll be a month before I get all the tools unpacked and organized, and I already have quite a backlog of BMW ///M Coupes & Rdstrs already in the queue (several of whom think they're going to be "first"...).

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More pictures here: https://www.spcarsplus.com/gallery3/index.php/hnr/Kingpins
 
On the subject of King Pins, any one experiencing problems when greasing them up, can't get my Wanner gun to hold when giving them the treatment.

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Bob
 
Alemite/Zerk fittings aren't what they used to be; I find that in many cases, I have to use considerable pressure to hold the fitting of the gun onto the fitting on the component to get a merely adequate seal. Without falure, this usually results in a few wasted squirts, and a paper shop towel filled with grease__I always wipe away any excess left on the exterior of the hardware.

I don't know if it's poor quality on the part of the gun, or the recepticle fittings, but you're right, things don't mate up the way they used to.
 
Randy Forbes said:
Alemite/Zerk fittings aren't what they used to be; I find that in many cases, I have to use considerable pressure to hold the fitting of the gun onto the fitting on the component to get a merely adequate seal. Without falure, this usually results in a few wasted squirts, and a paper shop towel filled with grease__I always wipe away any excess left on the exterior of the hardware.

I don't know if it's poor quality on the part of the gun, or the recepticle fittings, but you're right, things don't mate up the way they used to.
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I had similar problems greasing my kingpins too. I changed the fitting on my grease gun to one that cost more than the original price of the gun, and it took care of the problem. I also changed zerk fittings twice until I got the job done. Definitely takes longer to grease a Healey today than it did 40 years ago! Now I understand why they are making cars that don't need to be greased today....can't get a decent grease gun.
 
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