All,
I had been searching for a proper King Pin (bushing) reamer and now have two. The problem is that I am still perplexed as to how to use them properly to maintain "center". The first one came in a dandy little box that clearly indicates it is for Model A Fords (and a list of others.) The reamer is stamped at .814 and mic's at that. However the fluted area is too short to do both bushings at the same time. If I ream the first bushing (leaving the old second bushing in place to "pilot" with) then there would be too much slop in the newly cut bushing to properly center the reamer while cutting the second bushing.
The second reamer has fluting down the significant portion of it and is stamped 13/16" (.8125) which would allow me to cut both in the same pass. However, I have no way to pilot the reamer while cutting the first (top) bushing. I'm pretty sure this is a "user error" issue but it's got me baffled. Help!
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