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RE: Trunion Bolts--TR3B

To: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Trunion Bolts--TR3B
From: Doug Mathews <mathews@uga.edu>
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:21:36 -0500
Randall,

Thanks..I had forgotten I had already downloaded that hardware 
catalog and I fond the bolts. Yes, the long ones they are parts 
HB0925 + HB0926 3/8UNF 3 1/4 and 3 1/8.

Thanks for jogging my memory.

At 04:34 AM 11/26/2005, you wrote:
> > I seem never to learn (although I am getting better)....I seem to
> > have misplaced the bolts that attach the steering unit (TR3-B) to the
> > frame of the car.  I've looked at Moss's catalog as well as the TR
> > parts manual and the Triumph shop manual and I may just be
> > overlooking it, bit I cannot find any reference to the bolts but an
> > "HB....." # which I also cannot cross reference.
>
>I could, if you'd quote the rest of the number.  The magic decoder 
>ring is also
>known as the Hardware Catalogue for use with Standard Triumph Vehicles, and
>Francois has kindly posted a copy of the scan produced by a consortium of list
>members a few years ago at
>http://iai.eivd.ch/users/fwi/cars/docs/Standard_Triumph_Hardware_Catalog.pdf
>or
>http://makeashorterlink.com/?K1252583C
>
> > I'm sure the collective wisdom of the list can provide me with the
> > specs I need.
>
>Sorry, I don't know them offhand and I'm too lazy to go hunt through 
>the SPC at
>the moment.  But it's not rocket science by any means, a simple 
>ruler should be
>plenty accurate enough to measure the car to find out what diameter and length
>you need.  I'm pretty sure they are NF thread, probably 3/8" diameter.  Of
>course I'm assuming you want the rather long bolts that fasten the bracket to
>the frame, rather than the shorter bolts that clamp the bracket onto the
>trunnion on the steering box.
>
>Randall


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