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Originally Posted by hurryinhoosier62
I’m trying to understand WHY cutting the thrust to the proper thickness has been such an issue. All the align bore machines I’m familiar with have a thrust cutting fixture that attaches to the cutting bar. I’ve used this cutting fixture a few hundred times over the years. You just have to be aware of how much material you are removing from the block side of the thrust, as to no machine the thrust surface too narrow.
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Are you a machinist? Can you tell me how you can measure the amount to remove from the thrust surface? The difficulty is not cutting the register, it's how to get a measurement. If you can explain this to me I will forward this info to my machinist this will help him on future jobs.