> I finally got started changing out the axle on my blue TR-3 to the correct
> version, which won't allow the wheels to rub the fender's whenever a bump
> is encountered.
Aha, another TR4 axle under a TR3 ! They ain't "all the same" !
> With the axle removed I discovered that the rear springs
> currently on the car are not matched (extra leaf in the driver's
> side.)
The extra leaf is supposed to be on the passenger's side, to make the car
more nearly level with only a driver.
> I have replacement springs, but I am having difficulty in pulling the
> fulcrum bolt at the front of the spring. Supposedly one can thread in a
> 5/16-24 bolt into the head of this bolt and (to quote) "use a lever" to
> extract the bolt. Easier said than done!
>
> Do any of you have or know of a tool for this?
Don't know of anyone selling a tool. I made one by creating some home-made
"all thread" out of a long bolt in the right pitch, then stacking sockets,
washers, and a piece of pipe over the top of the pin, flat washer and nut on
the end to serve as a puller. Not the most satisfactory of tools, had to
use a new bolt to do the other side, but it got the job done once.
> The only obvious alternative is to lift the body enough that the
> spring can
> clear the rocker panel, allowing the spring to come off with the fulcrum
> pin without removal. Not too happy a thought.
You'll like the only other alternative I know of even less ... drill a hole
in the outer sill so you can get a drift and BFH against the end of the pin.
A friend that used to work at a Triumph dealership once told me that's the
way they did them ... and then used a chromed pipe plug to fill the hole !
Randall
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