King pin eye faces on stub and beam axles.

[Jeff Taylor]

Chris KC   thanks for that will look into tap seat cutter.  What did you use for thrust washers?  Have seen some oilite available 21/32 ID (1/64 bigger than 5/8 king pin) X 1 1/4" (can turn this down to 1 1/8" required) but only 3/32" thick...perhaps 2 together?
Bull Motif supply oilite for A30/35......the man on the phone said brass!! dimensions given were 5/8 X 1 1/4" X 4mm
Part No: ZFS016

Oilite Washer(special washer fits on king pin shaft)
£2.95
 That seems to equate to the oilite manufacturers AW112002 21/32" X 1 1/4" X 3/32" @ £2.16 from Bearingboys. 
Or even £1.28 from "Get Your Bearings"   £6.34 including vat and delivery 1st post.  So 4 of them at £10.94

Dennis

I don't think oilite is something I'd choose for this application. At least one of our suppliers sells the correct hardened washers. I'd use those if I were you. I think they are cheaper as well.

I don't think oilite is something I'd choose for this application. At least one of our suppliers sells the correct hardened washers. I'd use those if I were you. I think they are cheaper as well.

I've used the hardened steel washers from our suppliers for more years than I can remember. Never had any sort of problem with them. My only issue is that I often find they're re-usable so when I buy a king pin kit the supplied washers go into my stock. I recall that I had that many at one point that when one of the suppliers was down on stock, I let him have some of my excess back to help him along!

Is it just me or is there a bit of 're-inventing of the wheel' going on at the moment?

Steve

Would someone please let me know which supplier has the BIG 7 SIZE thrust washers - 5/8 inch king pins. Robin Taylor the big 7 sec would also like to know.

Dennis

Some in the MG TA / TB / TC  world are replacing the original bronze thrust washers in their 3/4 inch king pins with Torrington needle thrust bearings and thrust washers made of hardened and polished spring steel.

Simply Bearings also stock these bearings and washers in I/D = 5/8" O/D = 1.125" - the washers are available in 30, 60 and 92 thou thickness - TRA1018, TRB1018 and TRC1018. 

Apparently exchange MGB stub axles are now offered either with the original bronze thrust washers or with the Torrington thrust bearing package replacing the bronze thrust washers.