Shim Swap Thread

[Guest]

Tom, If you still need 2.75 and 2.70 sizes still, I would take the 2.65 size in exchange. Ray

[litshoot]

I Need A 270. I Think I Have A 265, But May Also Then Need The 275. Let Me Know What You Have Or Want.

[Guest]

Check your pm.

[tkent02]

This thread is great, I'm shimmed up already!

[Guest]

I agree Tom, thanks for the 2.65s. Btw, forget about the money for the wires the shims are good enough for me. Ray


Hey litshoot, I can help you out with the 2.75 and 2.70 sizes. I sent you a pm. Ray

[jknappsax]

Still need 2)2.70 and 2) 2.75

If anybody has any to spare, you can PM me. My address is:
John Knapp
212 Lauriston St.
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Let me know if you need any of the larger sizes; I know I have some 2.80s and 2.85s.

[Guest]

Anyone need any 2.75s, I have 4 and would like to obtain 2.50, 2.55 and 2.60 sizes. Thanks, Ray

[Guest]

ok, guys, i sent some pm's already, but i need 3 2.65's, a 2.65x, and a 2.60. i have a couple 4 2.75's to donate, lemme know!!

greg

[KRISTI'SGS550]

I could use (2) 2.70's and (1) 2.57.

I have (2) 280's.

Cory

[tkent02]

I'm thinking I would rather turn my shims down than swap them by mail all around the country.
Seems like if you took a valve lapper suction cup, and glued it to a shim you could spin it on a piece of glass or a flat steel plate, use lapping compound for an abrasive.
Or maybe stick a piece of wet or dry sandpaper to the glass or plate. Maybe turn the suction cup with a drill?
Anyone else have an idea on how to turn a shim down a bit thinner using tools most of us have anyway?

[lurch12_2000]

I'm thinking I would rather turn my shims down than swap them by mail all around the country.
Seems like if you took a valve lapper suction cup, and glued it to a shim you could spin it on a piece of glass or a flat steel plate, use lapping compound for an abrasive.
Or maybe stick a piece of wet or dry sandpaper to the glass or plate. Maybe turn the suction cup with a drill?
Anyone else have an idea on how to turn a shim down a bit thinner using tools most of us have anyway?

Maybe this shim swap thing might get a little out of control.
I sent one out to someone already, but now who gets the next ones if 5 people ask for a 2.65?
Are the shims a solid alloy metal or is it coated? If it's coated somehow then turning them down might eventually get through that coating and cause problems?

[lurch12_2000]

I could use (2) 2.70's and (1) 2.57.

I have (2) 280's.

Cory

2.57?
that's getting a little picky! lol

[Suzuki_Don]

Maybe this shim swap thing might get a little out of control.
I sent one out to someone already, but now who gets the next ones if 5 people ask for a 2.65?
Are the shims a solid alloy metal or is it coated? If it's coated somehow then turning them down might eventually get through that coating and cause problems?

You put the ground side facing down towards the bucket. I had some of mine surface ground and then demagnetised. worked like a charm. No probs.

[Guest]

the last thing i want.....

Maybe this shim swap thing might get a little out of control.

well, the last thing ANYONE wants is more hassle with these old beauties....i can certainly afford to buy the shims i need.....i guess this feels like good old fashioned church fellowship [-o<. anywhat....pm's sent! and if i cant get hooked up in a day or so, i will just order them up from z1. hmm....maybe i should get some braided steel lines while im at it, i mean, i have to pay shipping anyway....and maybe that 4-1......hmm.....gonna need those progressive shocks and fork springs.......:-D....

greg

[tkent02]

..i can certainly afford to buy the shims i need...

I can afford them, sometimes I'd rather not wait days to get the correct ones, and sometimes I'd rather go make myself a 2.57mm shim instead of leaving a valve at either extreme of the .03 - .08 tolerance. I could make them all exactly .05 if I wanted too.
I would certainly rather spend five minutes changing the thickness of one or two shims myself than go through all this monkey motion.
So does anyone have a method for thinning shims involving the use of normal tools and not a machine shop?