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I bought an adjustable reamer at the recommendation of the forum to ream my my trunnion bushes. I went slow, used lots of cutting oil which seemed to really eliminate the chatter. Byt the fourth bushing I had the rhythm down and was cutting like a pro. And I reamed them a little tight, figuring that the bronze bush will fit themselves to the steel tunnion pin in a short time.

BTW, Home Depot has Gunk brand dark cutting oil here on clearance for $2/pint. It's in the tool area, by the compressors.

As for presses Harbor Freight has good deals on 20 ton home units. Not much to them and they work fine. I really don't know how I ever worked on many projects without one.
 
TR4nut said:
if I were to do it again I would buy an adjustable reamer and very slowly ream out to get a final fit.
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I've never had very good luck with adjustable reamers; maybe because I've only tried the cheap ones. Seems like no matter how hard I reef down on the adjustment nuts, the blades tip during operation and dig into the work (especially when it's relatively soft brass). And proper expansion reamers were way too expensive for my pocketbook; last time I did the front suspension.
TR4nut said:
Actually, for my next time around I'm going to try out RevingtonTR's oilite bearings which don't require reaming.
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Sounds like the hot setup, if the holes in the A-arms are repeatable. Mine didn't seem to be the same, as one new bushing went in a lot easier than the other did, and didn't seem to make as many shavings when reamed. Might have just been variation in the bushings, but it didn't seem that way to me. Be a shame to wear out the A-arms; although I suppose used ones are plentiful and cheap.
 
TR4nut said:
All right, enough bickering.
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You both have good points. The good part of a forum like this is to present as many ideas to those asking questions. Hopefully, they can find a suggestion that works well for them. You both have your own approaches to things and your approaches work well for you. No use getting into a contest about who is more/less right.

JMHO
 
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