| Bogie Bushing Reaming: [message #192023] |
Sun, 02 December 2012 22:11  |
noi
Messages: 293
Registered: October 2010
Location: South of Fremont
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Greetings:
As I have not seen/found many pictures on the forum with regards to bogie bushing reaming, I thought I would share my experiences from last weekend!
But first…. A very big THANK YOU to JimK for extending to me the use of his shop and expertise, which greatly assisted me in successfully completing this task – It is this kind of vendor support that gave/gives me confidence to tackle a GMC restoration project – Thank You JimK!
The bogie reaming project was both easier and harder to do than I thought it would be!
First, the easier part:
I was reluctant to do the bogie reaming job as I viewed it as being a “free hand” machining process and I am not very good at “free handing” type work – If I can’t chuck it up/micrometer measure it/dial indicator cut it…. Well let’s just say what I am working on will do the job, but it is nothing I would want others to see!
But as I said, it was very easy to ream the bogies bushings “free hand” as JimK’s reamer had a very nice pilot bar lead-in which lined everything up:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/bogie-restoration/p46670-taper-ream.html
Here is the bogie arm secured in a very large vice with the taper reamer set in and ready to start:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/bogie-restoration/p46671-start.html
About half way done:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/bogie-restoration/p46672-half-way.html
Getting close to being finished:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/bogie-restoration/p46673-getting-close.html
Now an “issue” came up – As the reamer no longer had enough bushing to engage, as it was nearly done, it would no longer advance and would just spin – JimK suggested we put some weight on it to help it advance – So we came up with this solution that worked for us.
Just make sure the person doing the “pushing” uses a smallish piece of wood block and is very careful to keep themselves centered and not slip off – Don’t ask how SHE found out the hard way with a too large piece and got off center/slipped on the first attempt! – Of course, I “paid” for that mistake later 
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/bogie-restoration/p46674-near-done.html
And job is done:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/bogie-restoration/p46675-done.html
Second, the hard part:
To paraphrase Neo from The Matrix movie… We need turns – LOTS of turns!!!! – I was very surprised at how many turns/time it took to do one arm – If you’re a spring chicken, you could probably do all four arms in a day eaisely – But if your closer to crock pot chicken, as I am, two arms a day is more like it – I did three before I was “done in” and would have been better off just doing two.
But overall, it was a fairly easy job to do and one I would (hopefully not though) not be hesitant to do again.
Carl P.
76 Birchaven
South of Fremont
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