Main bearing replacement issues

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R90Steve
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Re: Main bearing replacement issues

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robtg wrote:
R90Steve wrote:
robtg wrote:

1/4 bsp x 19 threads come in tapered and parallel. I was given 2 petcocks from a Matchless Mattisse for an aluminum
fuel tank i built and my thread gages didn't have 19 tpi. Had to do some research on that.
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FWIW, I just looked in my Aeroquip- How To Identify Fluid Ports And Connectors booklet and the PP fitting is frequently referred to as a G fitting and the SP a R fitting. So a 1/4 or 3/8-19 BPP can be referred to as a 1/4 or 3/8G and a SP as a 1/4 or 3/8-19R. Like I said, FWIW.
Oh and they were kind enough to include a 19TPI gauge with the Aeroquip gauges.
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Re: Main bearing replacement issues

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hools100RS wrote: With the top of this device just beneath the surface of the bearing carrier, I should be able to restake and secure it.
I'd leave at least 2mm from top of pin to surface of the bearing carrier........enough to allow for sufficient peening.
I guess it's not really peening, more like raising a burr.
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Re: Main bearing replacement issues

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robtg wrote:
Major Softie wrote:
ME 109 wrote:You guys are nuts.
Not me! As far as I know, there are no pipe thread nuts. :mrgreen:
BSPP ---- British standard parallel pipe threads used on petcocks and bulkhead fittings use nuts. :mrgreen:
Freakin' Brits! I shoulda known better than to think they wouldn't have done something like that. :roll:
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Re: Main bearing replacement issues

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Major Softie wrote:Freakin' Brits! I shoulda known better than to think they wouldn't have done something like that. :roll:
You made me remember what a mechanic friend in the 60's said about British sportscars -
"Made in England, the hard way."
I've spent most of my money on women, motorcycles, and beer.
The rest of it I just wasted.
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