I intend to try doing my own resleeving job on the clutch MC for my 56 Triumph TR3. Yes, I know I could send it out, but where's the fun in that? The old one is in decent shape overall, but the bore
I intend to try doing my own resleeving job on the clutch MC for my 56 Triumph TR3. Yes, I know I could send it out, but where's the fun in that? The old one is in decent shape overall, but the bore
A nice project for an amateur machinist but while you are working on it order a new one because your chances of getting it right on the first try are slim. I intend to try doing my own resleeving job
Only problem with that, no one makes a 'correct' new cylinder for my car. But I will practice on some scrap cylinders first. Randall _______________________________________________ Shop-talk@autox.te
Randall, You have a handle on the sizing, but assemble it just like installing the Throw Out bearing in your tranny. Put the cylinder in the oven and the sleeve in the freezer. When the temperatures
Randall, et al: How do you keep an old car like that going? Some stuff you're obviously gonna have to fab' or improvise. I guess it depends on how determined you are to keep it original. It seems lik
Author: Dave Caroline <dave.thearchivist@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:19:37 +0100
or some remanufacturing guy makes something special for you so you can keep the original as a spare or part of the items history and use a pattern part which takes the everyday wear. people like me t
Dave, Very impressive work! I knew this kind of work must be being done, but I have never actually paid much attention to it. Keep up the good work, Thanks for the posting Peace, Pat Thusly spake Dav
Not that difficult - I sleeved the main cylinder bore of a brake servo - steel sleeve into an ally alloy casting. Made the sleeve a close slide fit, held with Loctite, but it couldn't go anywhere as
It turns out that the Triumph TR series is popular enough that there are replacements available for practically everything. And they made enough cars that most things are also available used from car
Good info Karl. I'm really surprised as the only place the hydraulic pressure is acting in only one longitudinal direction is on one end of the sleeve and that is a miniscule area. White post would k
Very nice, Dave! Clock repair is another area I'd like to get into, someday. I don't have anything valuable yet, but there are several cuckoo clocks hanging around here that I'd like to hear cuckoo
Thanks for the thoughts, Jack. Actually, I don't. In over 30 years and 300,000 miles in a succession of TR3s, this is the first time I have ever had a sudden MC failure. And even this time it wasn't