King pin clearance?

I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking
it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose,
micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to
be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a
63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease?
Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter,
7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965,
looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow,
how close should I ream them?
Thanks, Darrell

Been too long since I have rebuilt any, like 30 years. I only seem to
remember 1 VW tool that reams these out. I am not even sure if I can even
find my old tool anymore. So you have different size reamers?
Clearances are pretty tight if I remember correctly, but I don't think I
have ever miked them.
I probably need to do some on some old Porsche 356 cars my buddy has so
maybe I should find my tool and see if it is the same tool for the 356s.


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>I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking
> it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose,
> micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to
> be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a
> 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease?
> Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter,
> 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965,
> looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow,
> how close should I ream them?
> Thanks, Darrell

dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
> Been too long since I have rebuilt any, like 30 years. I only seem to
> remember 1 VW tool that reams these out. I am not even sure if I can even
> find my old tool anymore. So you have different size reamers?
> Clearances are pretty tight if I remember correctly, but I don't think I
> have ever miked them.
> I probably need to do some on some old Porsche 356 cars my buddy has so
> maybe I should find my tool and see if it is the same tool for the 356s.
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking
>> it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose,
>> micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to
>> be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a
>> 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease?
>> Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter,
>> 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965,
>> looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow,
>> how close should I ream them?
>> Thanks, Darrell
>
>
A friend let me use his vintage VW reaming tool when I rebuilt the
King/Link pins on my '65 about 5 years ago but a mechanic friend stopped
me and instead he used his high $$ reamer that is very adjustable. Was
able to ream out less metal for a tighter fit.
KWW

KWW wrote:
> dave AKA vwdoc1 wrote:
>> Been too long since I have rebuilt any, like 30 years. I only seem to
>> remember 1 VW tool that reams these out. I am not even sure if I can
>> even find my old tool anymore. So you have different size reamers?
>> Clearances are pretty tight if I remember correctly, but I don't think
>> I have ever miked them.
>> I probably need to do some on some old Porsche 356 cars my buddy has
>> so maybe I should find my tool and see if it is the same tool for the
>> 356s.
>>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I am reaming my king pin bushings, bentley says .7.092-7.099, taking
>>> it up about .001 at a time, at 7.09 the king pins are quite loose,
>>> micing the new king pins measures 7.07, is there really supposed to
>>> be .003 clearance in them or do I have the wrong king pins? bug is a
>>> 63. I expected them to be tighter or is the clearance for grease?
>>> Funny thing is the old king pins I took out are a larger diameter,
>>> 7.08-9, all the websites only list one set of pins for below 1965,
>>> looks like I may have the wrong ones? Plan to get a new set tomorrow,
>>> how close should I ream them?
>>> Thanks, Darrell
>>
>>
> A friend let me use his vintage VW reaming tool when I rebuilt the
> King/Link pins on my '65 about 5 years ago but a mechanic friend stopped
> me and instead he used his high $$ reamer that is very adjustable. Was
> able to ream out less metal for a tighter fit.
> KWW

That reminds me, I picked up a bunch of parts recently, including a
reamer, a few sets of bushings, and a set of spindles. I really need to
sort thru the boxes of parts and sell stuff like that, both of my VW's
have ball joints.

Les