Hi All,
Can anyone help Larry? If so, please email him at lstein@ehc.org
Thanks,
Todd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Stein [mailto:lstein@ehc.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, 18 July 2001 2:22
> To: toddski@bigpond.com
> Subject: RE: triumph gt6 newbie
>
>
> thank you so much for your reply. last night a neighbor
> friend who has a 71 tr6 (he bought new) wanted to come over
> and check it out. we jacked up the car and i showed him how
> the wheels move. he thought it was more normal movement or
> at least not the main problem. it was more like just maybe
> one inch play. so he looked more closely underneath and
> found that the left (drivers side) half shaft (driveshaft
> from differential to wheel) was broken off at one of the
> ujoint connections. the round part that holds one of the
> u-joint ends was completely broken off and the ujoint bearing
> cap was completely gone and so the whole things was kind of
> flopping around and that is where the noise is coming from.
> tonight i plan to take it off and asssess the situation. i
> hope so much that i do not need this 'funky' weird home made
> tool and have to take the whole wheel etc. apart and compress
> the leaf spring etc. i am thinking not since i do not have
> to remove the rotoflex coupling. if you or anyone else has
> more suggestions for me i would greatly appreciate it.
> thank you !
> larry stein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Toddski [mailto:toddski@bigpond.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:58 AM
> To: lstein@ehc.org
> Subject: RE: triumph gt6 newbie
>
>
> Hi Larry,
>
> You've got me stumped. I'll try and post this to the Triumph
> mailing list at team.net and see if anyone can give you an answer.
>
> Cheers,
> Todd Wilson
> http://www.gt6.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Stein [mailto:lstein@ehc.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 July 2001 7:12
> To: t_c_wilson@bigfoot.com
> Subject: triumph gt6 newbie
>
>
> hello,
> i have just purchased a 1972 triumph gt6 for a restoration
> project. i don't really know much about the car except i
> like the look and will do a nice job restoring it. the car
> has one problem. the rear end makes a 'crunching' noise.
> thats the best way i can describe it. i jacked up the car
> rear and while holding a wheel with both hands was able to
> move the wheel a substantial amount back and forth. at least
> a couple inches. while doing this i looked under neath and
> saw that all this play was in what is called the rotoflex
> coupling. both sides do the same thing. this seems to me
> that these items are defective. i somehow suspect though
> that the 'crunching' noise was coming from the differential
> and not the wheels themselves. is this a common problem ? i
> have a manual it and looks like quite a job to replace these
> rotoflex couplings in that you must remove the wheels,
> driveshafts etc. etc. etc. with special tool for the leaf
> springs. can you advise ?
> thank you so much in advance for any information you can provide.
>
> sincerely,
>
> larry stein
> 2755 tartan lane
> colorado springs, co 80920
> 719-260-8888, fax-719-260-7505
> lstein@ehc.org www.ehc.org
>
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