82-88 Case Repair

All of them. You know we all like to follow along with the progress.

You can’t just redrill the bore because a drill will drill towards the out of round side. You have to locate the orginal hole on center and use a milling cutter(end mill) to put the bore on the proper centerline again. Plunge the end mill in the bore first to true it. Then go to the od of the bronze bushing. By boring it. Once the bore in the case it fixed put the clutch cover on it and reborn the bore in the clutch cover if that’s loose or egged shaped too.

I dont think Auto and I are saying just drill it freehand Bill, what we are saying is you dont need to make a custom $1200 jig to do the job correctly.

My new 12” craftsman drill press would work fine in fixing it. I was just saying by drilling it the drill bit would follow the offset of the wear with the hole being egged shaped. I would line it up and use a endmill to make the hole on the orginal centerline first. Then open it up to the od of the bushing.

OK, I got you now, I agree.

If I still had a Bridgeport with a digital readout I could do the complete jig and final repair for $100 or less. If more people want the same hole in the primary kick cases bushed, the price can go down. Amortization over larger numbers of repairs.

I’m gathering machines as I find them. Even a small milling machine comes in handy. I want three welders too that I can piggy back off my gas engine powered stick, 200amp/100% duty cycle Hobart. Those new inverted MIG, TIG and plasma cutter are nice. Then a lathe, milling machine, press , I need to fab a boring machine I have a coolant pump setup already. I want my shop back.

Those Milwaukee skill saws that cut steel are nice too maybe santa will bring me one.