SU Overhall

[g_land]

Whats the best way to do this.

George

[Cam]

Buy an SU overhall kit from Burlen. The Haynes SU manual is handy too.

[brixtonmorris]

and a way of drilling the holes for the butterfly shaft squarely.

[bmcecosse]

It's usually just press in brass bushes. If you 'burr' them when fitting - just pass a nice new drill bit of the correct size through them - twiddling it with your fingers !!

[les]

Or if you are an engineer you can use a reamer!

[rayofleamington]

Or if you are an engineer you can use a reamer!

I doubt that!! Civil engineers + most software engineers should be kept away from tools, and most mechanical engineers wouldn't know one end of a reamer from the other!
Best to ask ask a machinist or a mech eng technician.

[bigginger]

Did you know (BTW) that in the London Yellow Pages (it's changed now, sadly, but if you have an old one, do check) if you looked up 'Civil Engineers', it said 'See Boring'? Strange but true...

[Cam]

That's not very civil..........

[les]

most mechanical engineers wouldn't know one end of a reamer from the other!

Then I've been lucky to know the few! Mind you I don't know where you could buy one now. Reamer that is!

[aupickup]

i can design and build a flight of stairs, does that count

whats a reamer?????????????????

[bmcecosse]

Very few on here will have areamer - believe me - the bushes go in fine as they are and brand new drill bit of the correct size in the fingers willde-burr them just fine !

[les]

Just thought I'd mention it, as it's nice to use the proper gear. Trouble with using a drill is it cuts as soon as it enters the bush, whereas a reamer will feed gradually enabling the thing being fitted to be tried at various stages.

[bmcecosse]

Yes indeed - but it's only a little burring at the edges that needs taking off - the bushes are the correct size and should not collapse as you put them in.