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Johnny

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I noticed AH part supply companies offer a swivel pin reaming tool. Has anyone purchased this tool, and does it fit the swivel pins in the kits being offered? I noted the swivel pins I received in the kit seem to be larger in diameter (at the top) than originals. Also, the upper bushings don't fit. Has anyone else ran into this problem?
I'm restoring a AH BJ7. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
I'll second that... I took mine in to Dennis Welch here in the UK and they did the job and sent them back. No hassle, and I think they probably did it better than I could.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/yesnod.gif

I also swapped my old front shocks for up-rated rebuilt ones @ÂŁ30 ... and I bought a few other goodies to sneak past the wife. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
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I noticed AH part supply companies offer a swivel pin reaming tool. Has anyone purchased this tool, and does it fit the swivel pins in the kits being offered? I noted the swivel pins I received in the kit seem to be larger in diameter (at the top) than originals. Also, the upper bushings don't fit. Has anyone else ran into this problem?
I'm restoring a AH BJ7. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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HI I do not believe that the correct tool for the Big Healey is available from the usual suspects in the US. Send them out to your closest retoration facility and have them done.The Healey requires an adjustable double stepped reamer or a precision set of piloted ones.--Fwiw---Keoke
 
Thanks Keoke, that's what I figured. Didn't want to waste the clubs money if the tool can't be used. I've heard of the stepped tool before located in machinist shops. They measure the swivel pins then setup the reamer with the proper cutters. Makes sense to me. Thanks for responding.
 
I recall from another thread that Randy Forbes put together the reamers necessary for the king pins. You might want to give him a PM.

Cheers,
John
 
Thanks to all who responded. I guess I really had two questions. One, why are the swivel pin kit pins (huh) are different than original? I mean the bushings supplied for the top portion is larger. Then the second question is why doesn't the reamer that's available fit?
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HI Johnny, all the king pin bushings are an interference fit and must be pressed/driven in place prior to reaming. If the bushing you have is significantly larger than the hole in the swivel axel you may have gotten the wrong part in the kit. The reamer you see advertised is fixed in size and is not intended for use on Big Healey cars.---Fwiw---Keoke
 
Thanks Darth Vader. For some reason the lower bushing in the kit fit perfect and was pressed into place perfectly. The upper bushing was too large for the opening and wouldn't go in at all. I don't have any other hubs to test with maybe someone else can measure the upper openings in others to determine if there's a difference.
 
Well Johnny, the top bushing is smaller than the lower one so if you accidently received all bottom bushes they will not fit in the top position.---Keoke-?
 
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Well Johnny, the top bushing is smaller than the lower one so if you accidently received all bottom bushes they will not fit in the top position.---Keoke-?

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Well yes, that's true. The bushings I received were smaller than the bottom ones but still too large to fit. After I get mine back from the machinist I'll post some measurements. Again, if anyone has the correct reaming tool I would like the measurement of both the top and bottom reamers.
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Johnny, The size of the reamer is dependant upon the diameter of the kingpin where each bush rides. Further , even new kingpins may not be of identical size which requires the adjustable type reamer we have been talking about.---Keoke
 
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