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Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter
Posted: July 20th, 2015, 2:33 pm
by torkil
Hi Mr Croft ,Have you any experience grinding down piston gudegon pins , my pins are just a bit to large ? OVE
Re: Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter
Posted: July 21st, 2015, 10:02 am
by Guy Croft
this is no problem.
If the pins use round wire clips the pins must be chamfered. If spiral locks are used the pins must be flat-faced.
So you can grind off as much as you want but be sure to keep the shape the same.
G
Re: Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter
Posted: February 13th, 2016, 5:23 pm
by Piotrek125p
GC, what do You thinking about reducing a gudgeon pin weight by making his ID bigger eg. in lathe ?
From technical this is a bit tricky op because pins are always hard and need a special tools for hard materials, but I would like to know your point of view, due to strength a modified by this way pins.
Re: Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter
Posted: February 13th, 2016, 6:17 pm
by Guy Croft
don't mess with wrist pin ID
GC
Re: Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter
Posted: February 19th, 2016, 6:50 pm
by Piotrek125p
It looks that I wil use unfortunely an OE heavy pins (about 130g).