I am not so sure that checking fluid level will tell if a lever arm damper
is good or not. when I rebuilt my TR3B the dampers looked good. I flushed
them out and refilled with fluid. On the bench I could not tell any
difference between them and all looked and felt good. Once I got the car on
the road I started chasing a banging noise on some bumps that seemed to be
coming from the rear. I repositioned the exhaust among other things without
any luck. One morning I noticed a small puddle inside the left rear wheel
and thought that I had a bad wheel cylinder. On checking further I found it
to be damper fluid. I ended up buying two dampers from Moss and after
installing my banging went away and the ride was much better.
Rod
62 TR3B TCF1037L
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net]On
Behalf Of Dave1massey@cs.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 6:42 AM
To: diggle@clear.net.nz; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Leaf springs and dampers
In a message dated 12/6/2006 2:17:05 AM Central Standard Time,
diggle@clear.net.nz writes:
> I am getting my leaf spring retensioned.
> How do I test the lever arms?
The easiest thing to check is the fluid level. Remove plug on top and have
a
look.
> Also the front leaf spring silent block bush seems to be stuck on the
> chassis
> bolt, I assume that I need some type of puller?
That is normally a close clearance fit and if it is stuck it is probably due
to rust. I broke mine loose by a combination of a soft face hammer (Lead)
and
a pipe wrench. But then maybe I got lucky.
I suggest copious amounts of antisieze upon reassembly.
Dave
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