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To: <JHMDDS@aol.com>, <6pack@autox.team.net>
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From: "Michael Lupynec" <mlupynec@globalserve.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:40:04 -0400
Wonder if this is the same steering stiffness that Roger Williams
(How to Restore Triumph TR5/250 & TR6) says causes front wheels to
fall off?

Mike L
60A,67E,59Bug,74TR6

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From: <JHMDDS@aol.com>
To: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: June 30, 2002 1:58 AM
Subject: (no subject)


> I'm doing a frame up restoration on my Tr6 and am having a
problem with
> tightness in the front suspension.  With the chassis up on four
jack stands
> and the suspension all together, the vertical links are next to
impossible to
> turn.  The steering rack moves freely when not attached to the
vertical
> links.  My mechanic thought that maybe the trunions were too
tight but when
> some of the spring tension is released with a spring compressor,
the links
> turn easily.  The ball joints and trunions are all new, properly
greased and
> the springs are the mild competition type.  Thanks for any help.
> Jamie Maddox
> 75 Tr6
> Asheville, NC

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