Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter

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Grinding down Gudgeon pinn 2 teenth off a milimeter

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Hi Mr Croft ,Have you any experience grinding down piston gudegon pins , my pins are just a bit to large ? OVE
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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.

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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.
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don't mess with wrist pin ID

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It looks that I wil use unfortunely an OE heavy pins (about 130g).
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