Re: Steering center-link pin and bushing Problem??

Posted by Packard Newbie On 2019/3/10 20:05:26

I KNEW things were going too smoothly!! LOL I went to reassemble the center-link assembly today and could not get the new bushing into the arm opening. I then tried the new pin into the old bushing and it seemed 'pretty good', so I assembled the whole thing that way, but when done, I was able to grab the center-link arm and move it up and down about an 1/8 of an inch, which is less than optimal. So, what to do? I am presuming the arm and the bushing must go to a machine shop to be reamed??? Anybody run into this before?? Anything obvious I am missing?? One thing to note is the holes in the frame do not appear oblong and the movement is definitely the bushing play on the pin. The pin itself is NOT moving. Is an 1/8 of an inch acceptable??