Yup. The sleeve and bushing are molded together as a unit in this case. Cant
get the new unit on without getting the old sleeve off. Be careful of over
torqueing the stud. They can be broken off especially if the rust has eaten
any distance into the stud. Been there don't that. Soak soak, soak, PB
Blaster works pretty good.
Deano
-----Original Message-----
From: Gernot Vonhoegen [mailto:gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 7:06 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net; 'canada'
Subject: RE: Rusted Sleeve on a TR6
might be a dumb question, but why would you want to take the sleeves off
then, just for the heck of doing it or what? You need them on there abyway,
soo what, leave it there and bumg the new rubbers on, or am I missing
something?
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> From: canada[SMTP:canada@voyageronline.net]
> Reply To: canada
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 6:28 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Rusted Sleeve on a TR6
>
>
> Hello again, Listers--
>
> This is more in the category of basic mechanical skills, which aren't to
> be found at my house.
>
> I'm replacing the rubber diff mounts on my 76 TR6, which have gotten
> pretty sponge-like over the years. The rear mounts are on metal sleeves
> which fit over studs mounted to the chassis. You guessed it--one of the
> sleeves is rusted solid to the stud. This is in a VERY awkward spot, up
> under the deck that the gas tank sits on. It is complicated by the fact
> that I'm trying to do this job on jackstands without removing the
> exhaust system (as Bentley's recommends) and it looked like I might just
> get away with it. I ripped all the rubber off, so only the sleeve
> remains. I can just get a set of vice grips on the sleeve, but it's not
> going anywhere as long as it's rusted to the stud. I am thinking about
> finding a tall medicine tube that will just fit over the stud and sleeve
> and filling it with either penetrating oil or phosphoric acid, then
> duct-taping it to the underside of the car. The rusted sleeve would be
> bathed in either oil or acid overnight and MIGHT let go.
>
> Anyone have any better ideas or favorite home remedies for a problem
> like this? (I considered heating it with a torch, but it's immediately
> below the gas tank.) Any thoughts on my approach?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ian CF57345U
>
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