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Re: Calling all GT6/Vitesse gearbox gurus!

To: Douglas Frank <frank@zk3.dec.com>
Subject: Re: Calling all GT6/Vitesse gearbox gurus!
From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:29:32 -0800
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
>However, one thing puzzles me.  There's a flat washer-like thingie, steel,
>about 1.5 inch dia., which has an annular groove machined in one face of the
>washer-- on one side, that is.  My question is, which side?
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Sounds like a thrust washer to me, and a good rule of thumb with parts such
as these is the groove FACES, or mates up against the rotating unit-
(provides a place for lubricating fluid (fluif)

Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net

72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
70 Spitfire (long term project)


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