Is there a trick to removing that little pin in the linkage? I've looked
at one for two months and can't figure it out. I suppose it could be
driven out, but it will take an awfully small punch and what to you have to
pound against?
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> From: Peter Mchugh <PMCHUGH@mail.hq.faa.gov>
> To: TRIPHSTEVE@aol.com; Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu
<DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TR6 throttle link bushings (was: Bodyshell restoration -
> Date: Wednesday, October 23, 1996 11:10 AM
>
> Isn't the TR-6 like the GT-6...in that the pedal shaft which fits
into
> the bushings can be separated at the bellcrank...and there fore
> removed for fitting of the bushings???
>
> On the GT-6 I found the bellcrank had a small split pin which needed
> removal and then I was able to tap (with the famed lead cat) the
> bellcrank off the (short end) pedal shaft. Installing the bushings
> was then a cinch.
>
> PMCQ
>
> 73 TR-6
> 72 GT-6
> 69 GT-6+ (2)
>
>
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> Subject: TR6 throttle link bushings (was: Bodyshell restoration - TR6
> Author: "Lee Daniels, daniels@tamu.edu" <DANIELS@alchem.chem.tamu.edu>
at
> smtpgate
> Date: 10/23/96 10:03 AM
>
>
> >I am reinstalling the accelerator pedal and linkage and am attempting to
> >reinstall the two nylon bearings that are located on the "sides" of the
> >bulkhead.
>
> While I have heard that the firewall was built around these things, I
> suppose that new ones can actually be installed. Everyone I have talked
to
> about this has split those bushings and then rotated them into place with
> plenty of vaseline, etc. I think one of the best ideas I heard was to
heat
> them in boiling water to soften them slightly, then try to get them in
> place before they cool. I recall Scott Paisley simply used 3/8" vacuum
> hose lubricated with a silicon grease.
>
> Lee M. Daniels Laboratory for Molecular Structure and
Bonding
> daniels@tamu.edu Texas A&M
University
> '74 TR6 '77 MGB
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