This message is a reply to an archived post by Bulldozer on November 08, 2012 at 14:33:58.
The original subject was "Re: 8N sleeve".
I will just chime in on this old post that I have run into some aggravation installing new .040 steel sleeves. I broke two out of 4 sleeve flanges even though I used a hydraulic press very carefully to install them with a proper steel installation tool. Just out of curiosity, I reinstalled two of the old sleeves using the same method and the flanges were fine. Not only that but when first delivered, one of the four .040 sleeves had a 2 inch crack in the sleeve from the bottom edge up. I am going to go ahead and have the block bored for .090 iron sleeves, but possibly understand now why some builders always go to the .090 sleeves, and don't even bother with the apparently poor quality .040 steel sleeves that are available these days.
The original subject was "Re: 8N sleeve".
I will just chime in on this old post that I have run into some aggravation installing new .040 steel sleeves. I broke two out of 4 sleeve flanges even though I used a hydraulic press very carefully to install them with a proper steel installation tool. Just out of curiosity, I reinstalled two of the old sleeves using the same method and the flanges were fine. Not only that but when first delivered, one of the four .040 sleeves had a 2 inch crack in the sleeve from the bottom edge up. I am going to go ahead and have the block bored for .090 iron sleeves, but possibly understand now why some builders always go to the .090 sleeves, and don't even bother with the apparently poor quality .040 steel sleeves that are available these days.