Honing Wrist Pin Bushings

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Honing Wrist Pin Bushings

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I probably already know the answer to this ...

Can you hone you own Wrist Pin Bushing? I had one that was a little loose so I put in 4 new brass ones from Stoddard.
Can you hone these or are you at risk of getting out of parallel to the Rod Journals? Or is this a machine shop only task?

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I think machine shop to get it right
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Thanks..
I found a machine shop that can do them first thing in the AM..

Anybody know how much clearance there should be?
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#4 Post by Tim Berardelli »

Bill,

.0005 or 1/2 of a thousands of an inch . Are they using a device called a "Bearing Master" ?

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#5 Post by Bill Lawless »

Thanks Tim, on my way there now..

Elfrink says .0008-.0014
But I’ll tell them.0005
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All done, exact 1/2 tho clearance..
This is the machine they used:
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#7 Post by Tim Berardelli »

Bill,

The .0008 spec is for A/B rods.

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Ahh, Thanks Tim.
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#9 Post by Al Zim »

You have a used piston pin and a piston that is worn. What are you going to do about the big end of the rod probably being oversize? al zim
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Generally the big end remains in spec.
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#11 Post by Harlan Halsey »

You have only scratched the surface, so to speak: First clean really clean. Second weigh the rods to see if you have a matched set. Third polish the roots of the cap studs. Now take the rods to a Porsche competent machine shop where they will: magnaflux, check/recondition the big end, same for the small end-rebush if needed, straighten, equalize the lengths, and balance. If the wrist pins don't look and measure new, replace them.
That's the easy part. Porsche pistons are fit to the wrist pins with an interference fit at room temperature. That's why the workshop manual shows an electric piston heater. But you already know that because you didn't have the heater so you heated the pistons on the top with a torch to disassemble the engine. Recovering that fit is sometimes a problem. Even the best machine shops around here insist on fitting the pistons with a slip fit, and honing the valve guides over spec. ( Years ago we solved the wrist pin fit problem by having a wrist pin centerless ground .0002" undersize. Then we have the shop fit the pistons to the undersize pin without telling them that it is undersize. You can hone valve guides at home with the Sunnen electric drill run hone.)

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Harlan Halsey wrote: Mon Dec 23, 2019 5:16 am But you already know that because you didn't have the heater so you heated the pistons on the top with a torch to disassemble the engine.
The SPY CAMERA you have installed must of been in somebody else's shop... ****??????****

My engine has been completed and RUNNING BEAUTIFULLY for a while now.... :D
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Continuing Harlan's write up. The valve guides come in oversize. You should measure each hole and trim the guide to have the correct interference fit. ONE GUIDE DOES NOT FIT ALL. If you are serious about sizing valve guides for proper clearance to the valves, Purchase a new valve guide reamer frequently or go to an adjustable diamond valve guide reamer. As always have your torque wrench calibrated once in a while. al zim
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The Title of this post is “ Honing Wrist Pin Bushings” ?
But Good info. On "Values Guides"
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#15 Post by Jacques Lefriant »

Hi
one of the best ways to go about doing this is to use solid bronze bushings that have smaller IDs and have the bushings bored to ensure equal length of the rods. then hone to size.
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