[TR] TR3a bonnet Dzus

[William McLeod]

The spring wire in the receptacle normally is elevated slightly in the  
hole so that it is nearly level with the opening....  Also, the  
receptacle walls should be perpendicular to the top, not splayed.
Bill
On Apr 13, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Jim Wallace wrote:

> OK no sorry I did not explain well enough. I know about the shims  
> and have
> lots; the issue is how far down into the "receptacle piece" the Dzus
> reaches. With the underside of the bonnet actually touching the  
> receptacle
> piece, the slot in the Dzus only begins to engage, and then can't be
> rotated.Thanks,
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Wbeech at flash.net  
> <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
>
>> My TR3 had two stacked under each one.  BTW, I was able to find the
>> material
>> by-the-foot at my nearby FLAPS.
>>
>> Bill B
>>
>> '58 TR-3A TS/30766 L
>>
>> '59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO
>>
>> "A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is  
>> called...of
>> course, some times it is difficult to make it go"
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net
>> [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Dave1massey at cs.com
>> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 8:11 PM
>> To: grandfatherjim at gmail.com; triumphs at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3a bonnet Dzus
>>
>> In a message dated 4/13/2009 8:58:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
>> grandfatherjim at gmail.com writes:
>>> I bought the kit of Dzus fasteners, washers, and right-sized nut and
>>> bolt to install them on the bonnet. A long time later, I got  
>>> around to
>>> bolting down the spring brackets to the inner fenders.
>>> There's no way I can latch the fasteners, unless I don't know what  
>>> I'm
>>> doing. The only thing I can imagine is that these fasteners just
>>> aren't long enough to reach down into the spring thing.
>>> I have posted pictures here:
>>>
>>> http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s31/grandfatherjim/dzus/?action=vie
>>> w&
>>> current=dzus1.jpg
>>> http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s31/grandfatherjim/dzus/?action=vie
>>> w&
>>> current=dzus2.jpg
>>>
>> You can buy shims for the receiver (the part that bolts to the inner
>> fender) and shim it up to reach the Dzus.  (TRF #553001)  stack up  
>> as many
>> as you need.
>>
>> Dave
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