Good Luck with it Jim-
I'm not too familiar with a fan mounted on the crank pulley- they are
usually on the water pump. But maybe I am just unfamiliar with the design of
TR engines. Anyway, I tried :)
Scott
64 Herald 1200 CV
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ct54531@aol.com>
To: <herald1200@home.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: Stuck Engine Still
> In a message dated 1/12/01 6:09:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> herald1200@home.com writes:
>
> <<
> The crankshaft nut shouldn't be the one holding the fan on! That is
usually
> a 1/4" bolt, that won't turn the engine! Don't break that bolt off-
you'll
> have to pull the water pump to remove it!
> The Crankshaft nut is usually 3/4" or better-
>
> I fear I'm coming off as dumber than I really am. The bolt I'm referring
to
> is a 13/16 bolt and is clearly in the center of the crankshaft. It sits,
> however, recessed in the center of the fan and appears to be holding on a
2"
> round plate that is in front of another 2 1/2" plate which appears to be
> securing the fan. Perhaps this is how the yellow 250 fans went on. Perhaps
> this is some makeshift manner of holding a fan on. I don't know. I just
went
> counterclockwise and it easily untightens that way. But I'd rather not
remove
> the fan for balancing concerns -- if any and I don't see why that would be
> necessary -- or even useful.
>
> it is in the center of the crankshaft pulley,(The lowest pulley, attached
to
> the front of
> the crankshaft) and once you put a big socket on it, and a breaker bar,
you
> should be able to turn the crank. And go clockwise to see if it is free.
You
> should see the valve train move within the first 1/4 turn.
>
> And it didn't. It was the 13/16 bolt that was turning and there was no
> corresponding movement of the valves. Which means -- if something turns
and
> something that's supposed to be attached to it doesn't -- then either
> something's wrong or I'm turning the wrong thing. Hence my question asked
> perhaps in an excess of caution.
>
> I suggest you refer to a mechanic manual or shop manual for your car, and
> look at
> the diagram of the crankshaft.
>
> I really do know what a crankshaft is and where it is and what it does and
> what it is attached to. As I said above, it just wasn't making sense that
the
> nut would turn and the valves wouldn't and I so asked what surely seems
> obvious to the knowledgeable in an excess of caution.
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
> Jim
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