[TR] Oil pump woes (was Triumphs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 414)

[Jerry Van Vlack]

I recall what Randall says as well, although I also recall that Don obtained 
some drill rod (a bit tougher steel) and either had a shaft made or made one 
himself. He has a nice write up somewhere..........it may be on the VTR 
website under the maintenance tips. Don't have time to look right now.
I replaced mine before I knew about all of this and I've had several 
thousand trouble free miles, maybe close to 6000 at this point  and I don't 
exactly baby my car. As an example 4 of us a few years back did a 2500 mile 
trip and needed to get home on our last day of the trip. I can say that 
almost no one passed us the entire length of the Indiana and Ohio Turnpikes 
on one of the hottest days of July. I recall that we maintained about 3500 
rpm in overdrive. I enjoyed the looks on peoples faces when 4 TR's passed 
them and mine was the newest as a 1966. Fun times with great friends, but 
that's what this hobby is about.

JVV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: "'carlsereda'" <carlsereda at aol.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 6:36 PM
Subject: [TR] Oil pump woes (was Triumphs Digest, Vol 3, Issue 414)


>> Would you advise to pin the shaft after the fact if you have one of
>> the pressed on style (bought supposedly as NOS @ and for sure @ NOS
>> pricing!)?
>
> I've got an old note from Don Elliott saying it worked for him; perhaps he
> will chime in here with more direct (and updated) information.
>
> But with new rotors only $40 from TRF, I'd probably replace them.  As I
> recall the discussion, it was felt that the knurled shaft was not hardened
> as the original shaft was, which might make it prone to break at the slot
> for the drive tang.
>
> -- Randall