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Blimey! Have you seen these shiny new bits? 

Posted By : Jason Chinn, 19-May-2004, 10:59am

I was up at Canley Classics yesterday and was able to have a nose around the batch of new alli bits Dave's had made - these things are gorgeous! Billet alluminium stuff is not cheap but the quality and finish is great - I need to start saving my pennies. Now all we need is an alli 6 cylinder engine and I'll be in heaven

New stuff gets put up here -

http://www.canleyclassics.com/newproducts

• Blimey! Have you seen these shiny new bits? 

  Posted By : James Carruthers, 19-May-2004, 11:04am

  If Canley was a religion I'd join it...
  
  *thinks the sun has effected him*
  
  
  
  
  James
  

  • Blimey! Have you seen these shiny new bits? 

    Posted By : Jason Chinn, 19-May-2004, 11:14am

    I think it has! Mind you I was out with the High Priest and we did communion with lager and pork scratchings at the church of the Weavers Arms - now if that's religion, I'm joining too - Amen

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      Posted By : Graham Reeks, 21-May-2004, 07:44am

      Presumably he pays in beer and pork scratchings then?

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        Posted By : Graham Reeks, 21-May-2004, 08:50am

        Actually, a thought of something else that would be useful remanufactured rear trunnion kits made of something that wouldn't seize so badly? A friend has made some but yet to put them on and try them out... I believe he's used brass?

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          Posted By : William Davies, 21-May-2004, 10:16am

          Hi Graham,
          I've never had ANY of the trunnion bushes I've installed seize, this only happens when they are installed without a decent amount of copper grease. I've had to deal with plenty of seized trunnions installed by DPOs.
          Brass would appear to be totally unsuitable for the tube as it's so soft. I can see potential for it deforming through compression as the bolts are tightened. The standard tube is made of toughened steel for good reason.
          Cheers,
          Bill.
          

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            Posted By : Graham Reeks, 21-May-2004, 12:08pm

            Cheers Bill.
            I was thinking particularly of rotoflex, as i believe these are those most prone to seizure. As for the brass ... good point. I imagine it was probably something more suitable (the friend's actually a fabrication engineer used to working with various metals, so i hope he did choose a suitable metal!!!). I know my car had stood for about 8 years, so the 'new' trunnions needed some serious persuasion. They were well coppered up when they went back in.

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              Posted By : Jason Chinn, 22-May-2004, 07:13pm

              Well the Rotoflex lower wishbone and vertical links are all done in alluminium. The non-roto rear trunnion is getting harder to find and could do with remanufacture but as Bill says, it's a pretty vital strongpoint in the suspension and I think it would need a bit more than bronze to work properly and safely.
              As for Dave paying in pork scratchings, it usually the other way round, I'm not often in credit at Canleys

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  Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 19-May-2004, 04:42pm

  Strange... I'm getting a few people pushing these goodies on me... Bah! and here's me with me budget well spent...