Been looking at Palmers books, and I can't seem to find the diameter of the dowel pins in the engine case for the panhead cam cover.
Anybody know what diameter these pins are?
The case that I am going to use has been chrome plated sometime in the past, and I don't think that the cam cover has been mounted on a engine since it was plated.
I would like to run a proper sized reamer thru the cam covers dowel pin holes to clean them up.
Thanks in advance for any assistance getting the diameter of one of these pins.
George
Dowel Pin size.
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Re: Dowel Pin size.
The question is "Once sized are the cover holes in the correct location?" In relation to the cam & crank holes.
I don't know but the question should be asked. Perhaps removing the dowels from the right case and fitting the cam & crank to the cover, without dowels, tightening cover screws to keep/not foul the alignment and reaming the cover and case together for a somewhat oversize pin would be the ticket. The dowels seem not hardened and could easily be made on a lathe.
I have not done this but would seem more mechanically correct.
Just my 2 cents, someone else jump in and straighten me out.
Andygears
I don't know but the question should be asked. Perhaps removing the dowels from the right case and fitting the cam & crank to the cover, without dowels, tightening cover screws to keep/not foul the alignment and reaming the cover and case together for a somewhat oversize pin would be the ticket. The dowels seem not hardened and could easily be made on a lathe.
I have not done this but would seem more mechanically correct.
Just my 2 cents, someone else jump in and straighten me out.
Andygears
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