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| | | Forums66 Topics128,084 Posts1,056,085 Members48,434 | | Most Online14,466 Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
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on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down with Ads! Again, thanks! | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,795 | I can control clearances down to a fraction of a thousandth with my Sunnen machine, and I've fitted hundreds of king pin bushings on the same type of machine over the past 50+ years. A reamer is sort of like "measure it with a micrometer- - - -mark it with chalk- - - -and cut it off with an axe!" The mechanics at my father's shop were fitting kingpin bushings with a hone back in the early 1950's, so the idea isn't exactly something new. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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