SHIM IT
We shim many different components to get square or level before we machine. Don’t forget the rod and cap when cutting for resizing. Shim to get the parting surface to cut as the factory did whether it’s 90 degrees to the sides or not, and your rods will turn out straighter and the sides will stay in line. I just had a Chev cap I had to shim .007 to get it right and that would have really messed up the rod if I had cut it to clean, plus enough for resizing.
Randy Torvinen
Torvinen’s Machine
Menahga, MN
July, 2021
