I'll reply all to see if anybody out there thinks I'm crazy-
I have TVR Grandtura MK III '63--I use the Spit uprights drill out
the hollow lower ends [for grease] thread and install grade 5-8 bolts to
re-enforce-[must now grease by hand every once in awhile] Machine outer
GT-6 spindle to accept TR-3-4 hubs---worked for 7+ years. John Hagen
Merry Christmas!
On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 1:01 AM, malaboge@aol.com wrote:
> Herebs the issue-
>
>
> Ibm workin on front suspension thatbs made up of GT6 styleuprights
> with
> TR4 style hubs. Theuprights are like the GT6 unit except that they
> are
> drilled for the TR4 taperedaxle (smaller than the GT6 axle). Ibve seen
> these
> uprights on some of the more esotericBritish bgarden shedb cars
> (TVRbs,
> Elvabs and Loti) so theybre not totallystrange. BUT, I want to put a
> set
> of thetrunionless uprights on this ride so that I do not suffer the
> indignity
> ofwatching one of the wheels leave the car at some inopportune moment!
>
>
>
> Herebs thefly in the ointmentb&they only make them for the GT6 stub
> axle.
>
>
> So, I can find a bearing that will fit the outer end of the GTaxle and
> TR hub,
> but not the inner. Seems the closest I can find is about 50 thou
> larger in
> O.D. So before I chuck the hub up and bore thebearing hole in the
> inner TR
> hub largerb& does anyone have a way to accomplish thissetup without my
> having
> to unscrupulously modify the TR hubs?
>
>
> Nick in Nor Cal
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