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Re: TR3 Rear End Noise

To: moag@ix.netcom.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: TR3 Rear End Noise
From: "" <greenman62@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:45:13 GMT
First, before you tear into your rear end check to see if your lever shock 
is tight... A number of years ago I had similar symptoms and, since I had 
just had the rear rebuilt I checked a bit further. Yup... loose shock.


>Now the bad news. As my confidence in the car has increased, I've been
>driving it a bit harder. When I take a right hand turn with speed, a
>terrible clanking (with maybe some rattling adding to it) comes from the
>right rear. Is this likely to be the hub bearings? What else should I do to
>help diagnose the problem. The hubs and the differential are about the only
>things on the car that I did not tear apart during the restoration.


Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois        1962 TR4 (CT4852L)

That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...


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