6704nathan
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will be stripping mine tomo if i can i will get dimensions and post here
Irishrover
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Looking on the Dingocraft website it's .500" dia. X 5.1" long with a spigot turned on one end. I would guess that the spigot length is around 5/8"-3/4", obviously the spigot dia. is important, you could use an Imperial drill shank as a plug gauge to determine the diameter.
Silver Steel bar is precision ground and comes in 13" lengths, 1/2" (.500") dia. it is a standard stock size and you can get it from any good Engineers Merchants or even from RS Components, pack of 3, part no.680-202, £12.35 per pack + VAT
Silver Steel bar is precision ground and comes in 13" lengths, 1/2" (.500") dia. it is a standard stock size and you can get it from any good Engineers Merchants or even from RS Components, pack of 3, part no.680-202, £12.35 per pack + VAT
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Thank's Irish seen that. Overall O/D is given and length. Had one but lost the bloody thing. Just thought someone may have one they can mike up. These pins are usually bastard sizes for some reason. Will ball gauge it when i need one again and knock one up in lathe.
They are giving nowt away by saying 1/2" by 5" if you look at it the 1/2" maybe at the knurled end the shank is reduced. I cannot see a BMW tool being imperial sizes. Special tooling in general is way over the top price wise. A CNC lathe could spit them out like confetti for a few pence each. Just sorry i did not measure mine when i had it. Lets hope somebody has one and will mike it up for us.
Irishrover
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Good point there Wammers.
Knurling actually increases the diameter. If we made a phosphor bronze bush that was meant to be a press fit and it was a bit loose going in, we used to knurl it slightly to increase the outside diameter. Loctite Bearing Fit was almost unheard of and the gaffer was too tight to buy it if he could get it !!
Knurling actually increases the diameter. If we made a phosphor bronze bush that was meant to be a press fit and it was a bit loose going in, we used to knurl it slightly to increase the outside diameter. Loctite Bearing Fit was almost unheard of and the gaffer was too tight to buy it if he could get it !!
6704nathan
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i pulled the starter out of mine today to get too the flywheel, back plate gets in the way a bit but i reckon 8mm feels snug on a drill bit.
hole in the block i would start at 12mm if it was too tight turn it down 0.5mm at a time.
not exact i know but a start point none the less!
hole in the block i would start at 12mm if it was too tight turn it down 0.5mm at a time.
not exact i know but a start point none the less!
Irishrover
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raise:Good Man Nathan !!!
I may be wrong, but I think they would stick to nominal dimensions therefore the 12mm and 8mm dimensions seem probable. Considering the purpose of the tool, I would say that a spigot length of say 12mm would be more than adequate.
For reference, 12mm dia. silver steel X 330mm long is listed on RS components website, Part no.682-090, price for pack of 3 is £8.35 + VAT
