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Re: [TR] TR4 / 4A Gearbox Counterweight

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4 / 4A Gearbox Counterweight
From: Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:04:51 -0700
It's stock and is attached to the rear end of the gearbox extension,  
hanging down.

I can take a pic of mine if you like as it is currently out of the car.
On 27-Nov-07, at 9:21 AM, triumphs-request@autox.team.net wrote:

> From: banc8004@comcast.net
> Date: November 27, 2007 7:04:01 AM MST (CA)
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: [TR] TR4 / 4A Gearbox Counterweight
>
>
> A part presented as a "Gearbox Counterweight" is on sale on ebay:  
> http://tinyurl.com/ypb9up
>
> I have never heard mention of this part before. Does anyone  
> recognise it?
>
> Given the small amounts of metal required to balance a propshaft,  
> I'd have thought this 'lump o lead' attached to the drive shaft  
> would cause massive vibration, not eliminate it.
>
> ...or am I missing something?
>
> Brian in Valley Forge
> TR4 1963
> CT 14455 L
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