Has anybody found a good source for the brass washers used to adjust the clearances between the outer ends of the front suspension arms and the steering knuckle/wheel spindle assembly on a Lusso?
I've ordered some brass shim stock to fabricate my own, but it'd be nice to find some ready made with the eccentric grease groove.
John Tarr
Front suspension brass washers/shims
Nobody makes replacement shim washers for Ferrari control arms. I just get phosphor-bronze rod stock and machine it into a tube that has the same ID and OD of the washers and then cut off washers in the desired thickness.
I then machine the eccentric grease grooves on the lathe and file the notches on the ID by hand. It is a very labor intensive process, you can spend a day or two doing all of the shims for the front end. The shims are typically very thick, 2-4mm, I don't know how you would cut them from shim stock.
I then machine the eccentric grease grooves on the lathe and file the notches on the ID by hand. It is a very labor intensive process, you can spend a day or two doing all of the shims for the front end. The shims are typically very thick, 2-4mm, I don't know how you would cut them from shim stock.
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