Swamp Donkey Progess

so Vilas reamed one knuckel from the top, and the other from the bottom. wow.

did it screw it up?

Does anyoen have teh proper reaming tool to do this? I need to taper a hole to fit a 1tin Chevy TRE. I asked all the other machine shops in town (cooks, bvd, accurate, chops)

I've got two but one is pretty messed up and the other has a spot where the reamer wore down from using it too fast.

are they usable enough for one hole? Is it best to use it in a drill press?

my new go go gadget. Edge Evolution :D ....

how much does it help?

shifts ALOT better. better throttle response. Just filled up with 93 so I get to try out the Level 3 now.

I havent seen them like that for the gas engines yet. Cool though

that reamer should be good enough for another hole or two, its really meant to be used by hand though, thats why its messed up guess i'm a little too impatient

Could I give it a shot? I am kinda at the end of the rope on this deal, so if I could use/borrow it, that would be great. When could I pick it up?

sure, someone is usually here after 6

I will try to stop buy this afternoon.. I think I know where you live

I still have your reamer. I can bring it by whenever.

Anyways, the 95 knuckle is not going to work....I am having the hole in the original 93axle knuckle welded up....welder said he would fill it ith brass, then drill out and ream again.

I had the Vilas fook up "fixed" I took it to a friends welding shop off Colson (gooseneck rd area) and he filled it in with brass and did all sorts of other crap. He said words like vermiculiite?? and other big scary welding terms. It was cooled down in something too. It was all over my head, but the guy is super cool and really knew his ****. He explained that this was probably not something you would want to do to your DD, but seemed confident that it would be safe for offroad duty.

After I drill it out and ream it, what brass is left will act as a sleeve.