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[steverose]

blasted, painted, rebuilt,'straight' and ready to go arms are available from minisapres for £45 :s

Do you have to give them your old ones or is that a straight out buy price? Either way that seems the way to go.

[colinu]

45 quid exchange. Definitely the sensible way to go if you live in the UK (for me here in the USA the cost of posting mine back to Minispares would have been too much - hence I went DIY).

[dklawson]

Even shipping them to Mini Mania in CA would have proven expensive as reconditioned arms are much more expensive than 45 GBP over here.
($270 for each side (new, not available rebuilt) from MM. Same price at Seven Enterprises.)

[greenwheels]

This must be the cheapest Radius Arm Reamer. It's made from a radius arm pin (http://www.minispare...id=36996&title=). Cut of one of the end threaded stub pieces flush then with a cutting disc in your angle grinder cut two grooves in the end lengthways about 1/2 inch long 1/16 deep to make like a cutting tool. Grind back the end to give the 'teeth' a cutting edge. On the other end lock on a couple of nuts, and there you have it. I'm sure you can work out how to use it.

I saw this on an autojumble stall at a Malvern show. The seller had welded a T bar on the end instead of just a couple of nuts. He said he was closing down his motorists accessory shop and he used to hire this out to people. I've been meaning to make one but have not needed it or got round to it yet.

[icklemini]

blasted, painted, rebuilt,'straight' and ready to go arms are available from minisapres for £45 :s

Do you have to give them your old ones or is that a straight out buy price? Either way that seems the way to go.

Steve: Yep, the old ones go back (no good sending bent ones back though as they are only fit for scrap!)
In fact the surcharge is more than the cost of the rebuilt arm... (they dont make em anymore!)


Fitted loads to road and racers.. dry and hydro, never had a problem :)

Part # TRA32 and TRA33

ttfn,
Dave

Edited by icklemini, 24 February 2012 - 08:09 PM.

[mini.rich]

This must be the cheapest Radius Arm Reamer. It's made from a radius arm pin (http://www.minispare...id=36996&title=). Cut of one of the end threaded stub pieces flush then with a cutting disc in your angle grinder cut two grooves in the end lengthways about 1/2 inch long 1/16 deep to make like a cutting tool. Grind back the end to give the 'teeth' a cutting edge. On the other end lock on a couple of nuts, and there you have it. I'm sure you can work out how to use it.

I saw this on an autojumble stall at a Malvern show. The seller had welded a T bar on the end instead of just a couple of nuts. He said he was closing down his motorists accessory shop and he used to hire this out to people. I've been meaning to make one but have not needed it or got round to it yet.

You sir are a genius!? I happened to have a new pin sitting around spare, so out came the grinder I cut 4 flutes into it and shaped the cutting edges, fitted the needle rollers and it worked a treat. The pins fit perfectly!! I'm so happy now

I'm going to get one machined properly on a miller, as the one I made was a little agricultural!? haha. But it has done the job and saved me £40 having someone else do them

Thanks!!