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GT6+ rotoflex swap

To: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: GT6+ rotoflex swap
From: James Densley <jamesd@wsunix.wsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 10:15:41 -0800 (PST)

Hi

First post to the list!  It has been interesting lurking for the last
week.  Anyway, to the point, I picked up a GT6 a couple of weeks ago after
it sat around for a dozen or so years and have been getting it road
worthy with the usual "undo the mistakes of the DPO's",  etc.  One of the
rotoflex couplings was split, so I ordered a couple.  The Bentley manual
and also one by Kenneth Ball suggest making a hexagonal bar to support the
rear leaf spring and also mentions all sorts of pullers and thingy's that
I don't have in my toolbox.

Who's been here before?  Is it necessary to have all the tools, or will
judicial hammering (which I assume will eventually become maniacal
hammering) do the trick?  Can the rotoflex swap be done without removing
the whole hub assembly?  Should I just plan on rebushing everthing back
there while I'm in that deep?  The U-joints seem sound, but once again,
while I'm there is it prudent to swap them?  I know that if it aint broke,
don't fix it, but my experience with my TR4 has led me to believe that
everything eventually goes on these old friends, and I might as well take
care of it in a controlled environment and not on the interstate.  

I'm not in a hurry to get it done, I have to yank the tranny first and
send it off for therapy.  It has a bad case of Tourette's syndrome,
especially in third.

Thanks!
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* Jim Densley           jamesd@wsunix.wsu.edu
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* 63 TR4 CT757L
* 69 GT6+ KC540something LO
* 82 CB900F
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