 convertible motor roll pins (tension pins) |
 Aug 31, 2013 - 10:59 PM
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I'm getting sick of replacing these things. I recently greased every hinge in the convertible top while I was replacing the canvas, and I'm still popping roll pins! It is getting frustrating, but I am getting very efficient at replacing these things.
Where are you guys buying your roll pins? I keep getting them from a local hardware store on island, and I'm suspecting they are made of cheap steel. How do homedepot, lowes, or ace roll pins fare? Or is there a place that you guys have bought them from online? -------------------- -Jay
95 GT conv. project car: Manual, Gen III 3sgte, JN pisons, Eagle rods, overbore, crank knife-edged, crank scraper, ARP head/main/flywheel, Autronic EMS, Haltech Dual Wideband O2 controller, Audi 1.8T individual coils, FMIC and SSQV BOV, 3" downpipe, 3" ultra-high-flow cat, 2.5" Borla muffler, +other 01 S2000: FMIC, Haltech EMS, Haltech wideband, 570cc inj, forged pistons/rods, sleeved block, 5 angle valve job, ported and polished 02 R6, all stock, except for braided stainless brake lines, frame sliders, and adjustable brake/clutch leve |
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Sep 2, 2013 - 9:24 PM
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never had any problems with it. and titanium pins, do break. especially the small ones. you are not going to find something more suitable, because those mechs are old, and you will keep breaking those pins.
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Sep 2, 2013 - 10:03 PM
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QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Sep 2, 2013 - 4:24 PM)  never had any problems with it. and titanium pins, do break. especially the small ones. you are not going to find something more suitable, because those mechs are old, and you will keep breaking those pins. the tension pin is there so that it snaps instead of stripping out a gear or burning out the motor. You are talking about putting a solid drill bit in instead so that it doesn't snap, that is something I don't want to do. I have some 3/16 drill bits, and since you haven't had any problems with it maybe I'll do it. But I don't think it is right, I still think I just found some cheap tension pins. I'm probably going to measure the exact size at the hardware store and find the ones with the most tensile strength online if I can. Then if they snap again I'll do the drill bit thing. -------------------- -Jay
95 GT conv. project car: Manual, Gen III 3sgte, JN pisons, Eagle rods, overbore, crank knife-edged, crank scraper, ARP head/main/flywheel, Autronic EMS, Haltech Dual Wideband O2 controller, Audi 1.8T individual coils, FMIC and SSQV BOV, 3" downpipe, 3" ultra-high-flow cat, 2.5" Borla muffler, +other 01 S2000: FMIC, Haltech EMS, Haltech wideband, 570cc inj, forged pistons/rods, sleeved block, 5 angle valve job, ported and polished 02 R6, all stock, except for braided stainless brake lines, frame sliders, and adjustable brake/clutch leve |
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match220 convertible motor roll pins (tension pins) Aug 31, 2013 - 10:59 PM
njccmd2002 Lol do it once. Do it right. In Home Depot buy ... Sep 2, 2013 - 8:59 AM
match220 QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Sep 2, 2013 - 3... Sep 2, 2013 - 2:22 PM TRDweaponX Toyota did a crap job on the convertible tops for ... Sep 9, 2013 - 11:56 AM match220 QUOTE (TRDweaponX @ Sep 9, 2013 - 6... Sep 9, 2013 - 3:13 PM TRDweaponX lol my bad I forgot about that sticker inside the ... Sep 9, 2013 - 3:25 PM FrankB2 I've had my 1997 convertible for nearly a year... Sep 9, 2013 - 7:56 PM |
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