Henry Frye wrote:
>
> Greeting all,
>
> I have an article on the VTR website about using rental equipment to get
> your not running Triumph home. I get emails from non listers from time to
> time, and I am responding to one now.
>
> Quick question to you Spit 1500 owners. Does the driveshaft come out
> easily, with standard tools???
>
> Thanks to all.
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> Henry Frye E-mail - thefryes@iconn.net
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An addition to Joe's comment ... yes, the exhaust train has to come down. The
rear
driveshaft flange nuts (9/16ths, if I remember correctly) are a piece of cake.
Just put
the tranny in gear and twist away. The front flange nuts are a different
story, and
will probably require a u-joint on your socket wrench itself. (Ironic, isn't
it? A u-j
for the u-j flange?) The front flange nuts can be very easily accessed from
above if
you take out the tunnel, but this does make for a bigger job, depending on the
.. ahem
.. condition of your interior. Getting the car as high as possible off the
ground helps
too, of course. Happy wrenching (!)
--
Martin Secrest
74 Spitfire
73 GT6
Arlington, VA
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