Bud Wrote
>
>I've discovered that my distributor clamp-down (?) bolt has a bad habit of
>working itself loose which allows the timing to go bonkers. I was talking
to a
>fellow 71 TR6 owner at our club (Rocky Mountain Triumph Club) meeting last
night
>and he said he thought that the bolt should be a square headed bolt (it's
an
>11mm hex now). He said that square head bolts stay tighter...I have no
idea why
>that would be.
>
>I've looked in my Bentleys and the Moss, VB, and TRF catalogs and can't
find a
>picture of the bolt to see what it should be (can anybody clue me in on
what
>page the clamp bolt is listed, in any of those catalogs).
>
>Does anyone know what the bolt should be or more importantly does anyone
have a
>solution to the loose bolt problem? I'm thinking of maybe a drop of
locktite at
>the bolt head or a lock washer or a star washer (I haven't had a chance to
peak
>at it since last night but I don't think there's a washer on the bolt at
>present). Suggestions?
Replace the the square nut with an aircraft nut, it will not work loose.
Did the same to my car a few years ago, never a problem.
Martin Gonzales
73 TR6
San Jose, CA
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