[TR] TR6 Broken Shock Stem

[Bob Labuz]

On Saturday 21 June 2008 02:59 pm, Marty Clark wrote:
> I have managed to break off the top of the stem on my passenger side front
> shock of my 74 TR6. I got the locking nut off and have the bottom nut just
> past where the locking nut was when the top on the stem broke off flush
> with the bolt. So now the top portion of the shock just spins when turn the
> nut. The driver side is done. I kept spraying Kroil as I progressed hoping
> to help the progress of removing the bolt but to no avail. I have loosened
> the 4 lower nuts and they were easier than the top bolts. Is my only
> solution to cut the top of the shock off below the bolt?
>
> Marty Clark
> Gilbert, AZ
> 1974 TR6 CF17352U
> http://www.triumphowners.com/798
Marty,

Not familiar with 6 shocks. Do they have just the stem from the body or are 
they like regular shocks with the "cover"? If there is just a stem, see if 
you can get a vice grip on the stem through the spring. If they have that 
cover, grab the cover with a good set of channel locks. Either way it looks 
like the shock will have to be replaced.

Bob