Thank you Michael, Randall and everyone else who set me straight on the
difficulty of changing out the rear seal on the 4-cyl wet liner motors.
Interesting: ever since I got my PVC valve working correctly, I no longer
have a leak at that rear seal, so it is not a big deal if that rear seal
remains as is.
Randall: Those non-diaphragm clutches on the TR2-4 seem to just keep on
working nice and easy. Makes you wonder why Triumph ever went away from
them, given the clutch woes that later TRs have!
Thanks again, all.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Porter" <portermd@zianet.com>
To: "Chris Bohn" <cbohn@sidepipe.com>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: GT6: flywheel resurfacing?
> Chris Bohn wrote:
>
> > Randall et al.:
> >
> > Isn't it still a major hassle to change out the rear engine seal even
with
> > the flywheel off? Don't you still have to drop the oil pan, and undo
the
> > rear main cap and all that stuff? Am I wrong in thinking that it is
> > non-trivial to do all this stuff? I ask because I am planning to
replace
> > the clutch in my 4A and I am just anal enough to obsess about needing to
> > change out that rear seal...
>
> The rear main seal on most of the six-cylinder engines is entirely
> diffent. It is held in an aluminum carrier bolted to the rear of the
> engine. It's about a ten-fifteen minute process to remove the carrier
> and replace the seal.
>
> The wet-sleeve engine is quite another matter.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking
> distance....
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