[TR] Broke the GT6+

[TR250Driver at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/9/2009 1:54:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
yellowtr at adelphia.net writes:

Anyway,  you should be able to source a temporary replacement at TRF and 
should  
have enough help around to get it installed for your ride home.

One  more reason I don't push my 3 and 4 and will also take it easy with 
the 6  
when it is done.

Bob


Hi Bob,
As usual @ Triumph events once I got to the side of the road I was swarmed  
by other Triumph Rallyists willing to give up their time to help out.   
Since I stopped on a hill several of them helped push the GT up the hill to a  
parts store and out of harms way. A jack was offered, TRF had the part but  
after some consideration I decided that the rotoflex axle would be a pain to 
 remove to properly install the u-joint w/o that special Churchill tool  
required to support the spring load even if I towed it back to TRF. Thanks  to 
all who helped out! 
 
My good friends, Eric Langreder and Jim Shear stopped by and offered  to 
drive me back to the hotel to get my trailer for the rescue.  All was  well in 
a few hours although Eric's son, Tim, and my wife Beverly had to stay  back 
with the GT for a few hours.  They were entertained by some locals who  
stopped by to inquire if they could help. One was a former MG SCCA racer who 
was  curious why I was not doing the roadside repair?    
Thanks Jim, Eric & Tim!
 
You know the GT has autoxed before w/o incident.  I run my TR's hard  at 
Triumph events. I really believe that if they are right they can  take it. 
Perhaps the trailer as a back up makes a difference but there are  times when I 
leave that @ home.  I usually never trailer to the TRF SP but  time I was 
hauling some tires to give to John Swauger.  Perhaps I was just  due. 
 
Darrell