24-03-2020, 03:32 PM
I've managed to overhaul a couple of track rods and used my reamer-which-I-couldnt-remember-what-I-bought-it-for to get the brass bush fitting well.
On one trackrod there was a lot of pitting from the shim washer/age-related wear, and I ground down the surfaces as straight/parallel as I could. I'm presuming two parallel sides that are at right angles to the line of the track rod pin is the aim.
My problems...
1. I presume I file down the bush so it is the same level as the arm thickness? Or it better to have some washers which sit 'on' the ends of the bush to keep it longer?
2. I have some washers to shim from one of the suppliers. They are all the same thickness. What does one do when you cant get a second one in, but there is still up/down play?
3. On one end, it is obvious that the supporting arms arent parallel... I fiund out when I tried to (gently) drive the pin in... and mashed one end of the softer bush. How does one get the ends back to normal?
thanks
On one trackrod there was a lot of pitting from the shim washer/age-related wear, and I ground down the surfaces as straight/parallel as I could. I'm presuming two parallel sides that are at right angles to the line of the track rod pin is the aim.
My problems...
1. I presume I file down the bush so it is the same level as the arm thickness? Or it better to have some washers which sit 'on' the ends of the bush to keep it longer?
2. I have some washers to shim from one of the suppliers. They are all the same thickness. What does one do when you cant get a second one in, but there is still up/down play?
3. On one end, it is obvious that the supporting arms arent parallel... I fiund out when I tried to (gently) drive the pin in... and mashed one end of the softer bush. How does one get the ends back to normal?
thanks