Adventures with a Pete 587

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Did it take grease when you got it back together? There is supposed to be something like 3-5 thousandths of space for grease between the bushing and the pin.

I don't know for sure but I think the pin is harder than the axle eye, so you might not see any wear on the pin but they wear out the axle eye in an hour glass shape. If you don't correct that it will accelerate the wear and you'll be doing the whole job over again in short order.

You need something like this

AuSL 6PCS Precision Telescopic Gauge Carbon Steel Micrometer T-Bore Hole Measurement Bore Engineers Kit https://a.co/d/bYycFx6

And a set of mic's to check the axle eye wear. You need to check it north and south then east and west about a 1/2" or 3/4" in from the top and then up from the bottom.

Stemco Kaiser makes a kit with "no ream bushings" I've used them twice now (2 different axles) and I've been real happy with them. If you use factory bushings that have to be reamed, you basically have to take the pins and spindles to a machine shop to have them fitted. The stemco kits save you all that time and aggravation.

Stemco video https://youtu.be/S17x0BeA0qc