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#404816 04/21/2008 4:14 AM
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anyone know whats involved in reaming out the spindle bushings on a 1948 1.5 ton loadmaster. thanx for any help

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Hy alfaulk, new bushings once installed need to be reamed to fit, the factory reamers [Kent-Moore I believe], were fixed sizes with a lead in taper. The reamers were long enough to ream both bushings at the same time. Actually the reamers had two cutters seperated by a solid shaft. The tools are rare, I have a couple of adjustable reamers with long pilots, with a taper cone for centering the pilot in the bore not being resized, I would suspect that is how a machine shop would perform the operation today, hope that helps

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You pretty much have to take them to a machine shop. Most of them will do it with a piton pin machine. I tell them to fit them a little snug though. They should not fall through but push through with your thumb. It seems the shops want to fit them a little loose.


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