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[AlexB]

Hey guys

 

I need to do my radius arms - anyone got a reamer tool I can rent or borrow? 

 

I'm based south or Reading, RG7.

 

Cheers

Alex

[Tones61]

Ac dodd

[ACDodd]

Sorry I sold it as there was no demand.

Ac

[red81]

I've got the same problem, need to do mine.  £160 mini spares is a lot and they state one tool per car, does that mean that the actual business end is only man enough for two cuts?  Alex perhaps we can split 50/50 if its not?

[Lplus]

I've got the same problem, need to do mine.  £160 mini spares is a lot and they state one tool per car, does that mean that the actual business end is only man enough for two cuts?  Alex perhaps we can split 50/50 if its not?

That's just a quirk of the ordering process software.  The tool is reusable many times.

[alpder]

I've got the same problem, need to do mine.  £160 mini spares is a lot and they state one tool per car, does that mean that the actual business end is only man enough for two cuts?  Alex perhaps we can split 50/50 if its not?

I'm in Pembs (nr Narberth) and have a s/h original Churchill 18G588 I picked up on ebay (for which I paid far too much, considering its condition).

 

It is properly beaten-up - several chips in the cutting edges - but it still did the job fine for me on two cars so far. You're welcome to drop by with the arms and run it through at my workbench.

[Ethel]

You should be able to pick up a reamer for £20ish quid, but you'll need a means of centring it. I got a reamer long enough to pass right through the arm  & made up a bush to sit in place of the needle roller. I know others have adapted  a radius arm pin in to an extension for the nose of the reamer to run in the needle bearing.

[StefanMini]

Just go to a machine shop, they did mine a few years ago both for 40 euros. They did a perfect job!

[AlexB]

Thanks guys. Annoying it's so expenive isn't it. 

 

I'll have a think about going halves, but I think a local machine shop may be easier. 

[nicklouse]

This is why I always suggest just buying exchange arms.

[gaspen]

I've got the same problem, need to do mine.  £160 mini spares is a lot and they state one tool per car, does that mean that the actual business end is only man enough for two cuts?  Alex perhaps we can split 50/50 if its not?

 

This one is not from MS, but it is the same 

 

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[greenwheels]

Quote from a post I made in 2012: -

"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."

 

[MiniJosh92]

I can do them if you want to stick them in a box and send them over to me

[AlexB]

I can do them if you want to stick them in a box and send them over to me

That's really kind, thanks. How much do you want to do it?

 

I'll drop you a PM once my new bushes arrive =)

[Homersimpson]

Do you actually need to replace the bushes? In the many I've done over the years it was normally the pin that wore rather than the bush.