- 1. [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 179)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 09:58:21 +0000 (UTC)
- The tool has several parts. One is a temporary replacement for the pinion gear and the other sits in the bearing saddles of the carrier. Both the carrier and pinion are removed to use the tool. You i
- /html/fot/2018-09/msg00159.html (22,104 bytes)
- 2. [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 169)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:13:40 +0000 (UTC)
- My tool was made specifically for the big TRs like TR2 thru 6. All I have to do is zero my dial gauge attached to the tool (dummy carrier) on a perfectly flat surface to the face of the tool; place i
- /html/fot/2018-09/msg00161.html (24,300 bytes)
- 3. [Fot] TR3/4 Rear Main Seal (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:50:04 +0000 (UTC)
- I have always thought that head gasket "sealant" was not to seal the gasket but to act as a lubricant so to speak to allow the head and block to expand and contract at their different rates and not s
- /html/fot/2017-01/msg00106.html (21,935 bytes)
- 4. [Fot] Wilwood calipers? (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:47:10 +0000 (UTC)
- Easy to do. I think they sell different thickness spacers. I made my own based on the vented rotor I used. Easy and safe. The fluid lines ran outside the caliper and adjusted to the wider setting or
- /html/fot/2017-02/msg00044.html (8,200 bytes)
- 5. [Fot] vibration (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2017 18:03:36 +0000 (UTC)
- Have a really good tire shop true the tires and get them perfectly round. Balancing will not cure an out of round tire. Once they are round, balance them. New tires are not always round. This will he
- /html/fot/2017-06/msg00063.html (11,867 bytes)
- 6. [Fot] Oil diapers (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 10:38:45 +0000 (UTC)
- At Roebling Road a long time ago, we were told our TR4A dripped oil and it needed to be stopped or we could not race on Sunday. We went to a store and bought an aluminum turkey pan and some paper dia
- /html/fot/2017-08/msg00076.html (10,717 bytes)
- 7. [Fot] Re-torquing a cylinder head - GT6 (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:46:35 +0000 (UTC)
- Contact Mr. Gasket. They make the Payen gaskets and have a great tech department you can easily talk to. Ask them. Barry Excellent analysis, Dr. Dunst... What advantage would a different gasket mater
- /html/fot/2017-09/msg00076.html (11,274 bytes)
- 8. [Fot] TR-3/4 rocker shafts (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 11:51:46 +0000 (UTC)
- Didn't NASCAR stop using needle bearing rocker shafts? The needles do not make a full rotation and wear more than bronze bushings. Barry Who sells the GOOD rocker shafts for wet liner TR-3/4 engines?
- /html/fot/2017-11/msg00096.html (8,029 bytes)
- 9. [Fot] 4.3 gear (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 12:15:01 +0000 (UTC)
- How about a 4:55. Factory new, never used. 9 tooth pinion and 41 tooth ring. Close. Barry <!--#yiv9540653137 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}-->Anyone out there have a 4.3 ring and pinion for a TR6
- /html/fot/2017-12/msg00021.html (7,881 bytes)
- 10. [Fot] GT6'rs (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2018 22:32:22 +0000 (UTC)
- Have yall ever heard of using the exhaust to evacuate the engine? Not quite legal in some groups but easy to hide. From your vent can, use only one, and mount it in the battery box area. Run a tube u
- /html/fot/2018-01/msg00073.html (12,027 bytes)
- 11. [Fot] Spitfire Single Rail Gearbox (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 12:27:34 +0000 (UTC)
- I clean out the inside of the gear in my lathe and make a bronze oil-lite bearing for it. You can make the bushing a little longer for better support. I do this all the time in TR3-6 gearboxes. Anyon
- /html/fot/2018-02/msg00001.html (10,782 bytes)
- 12. [Fot] Type A OD pressure test (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 11:30:36 +0000 (UTC)
- I used to put the ball in a tap in down with a blunt punch. As the case is aluminum and the ball hard steel, it made a very nice seat for itself. This can be done without pulling the OD apart. Just p
- /html/fot/2018-03/msg00004.html (11,100 bytes)
- 13. [Fot] Beaten by equipment (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:02:24 +0000 (UTC)
- Driveshaft u-joints caused this. Barry From: Mike Harmuth via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> To: FoTTriumph <fot at autox.team.net> Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2018 3:05 PM Subject: [Fot] Beaten by equipment
- /html/fot/2018-06/msg00013.html (10,399 bytes)
- 14. [Fot] D-Type Overdrive Recommended oil (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 18:03:11 +0000 (UTC)
- I agree on the 85-90 weight gear oil. A lot of people think the 90 weight is too heavy or thick but it is very close to a straight 30 or 40 weight motor oil. The viscosity of motor oil and gear oil i
- /html/fot/2018-08/msg00043.html (10,945 bytes)
- 15. [Fot] best gearbox for TR6 more... (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:37:47 +0000 (UTC)
- My last TR4A race car ran with a TR6 close ratio box with the J type overdrive. It used 90w gear oil and shifted instantaneous. Before the toggle switch had completed it's travel, it was in overdrive
- /html/fot/2018-08/msg00094.html (18,091 bytes)
- 16. [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 19:16:36 +0000 (UTC)
- Did it run out of fluid? It looks like the gears got hot and melted. I have seen one do this at Road Atlanta after it lost fluid from a leaking seal and an ignorant owner who ignored all the little p
- /html/fot/2018-09/msg00118.html (11,320 bytes)
- 17. [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 13:37:31 +0000 (UTC)
- Wasn't this the new set of gears? If so, they were new old stock from England. They once belonged to Jim Ealy, who owned a black, 1966 TR4A race car. I bought his junk yard to get his race car and th
- /html/fot/2018-09/msg00139.html (15,563 bytes)
- 18. [Fot] Fwd: Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 21:27:59 +0000 (UTC)
- There is a factory set of tools that one uses to measure pinion depth before taking a diff apart. Then you set the new pinion at the same depth plus or minus the number on the gear. Barry From: John
- /html/fot/2018-09/msg00152.html (20,223 bytes)
- 19. [Fot] Crown and pinion gear break in (score: 159)
- Author: britcars at bellsouth.net (barry rosenberg)
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:55:31 +0000 (UTC)
- Besides having a bunch of Triumph, MGB and Healey special tools, I have the most beautiful set of TR3 thru 4A Headers that I will never use. They are much too pretty for a race car but could look gre
- /html/fot/2018-09/msg00167.html (14,175 bytes)
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