[TR] Fw: Now I'm confused

[John Macartney]

Seems to me my feelings of some years back are being confirmed. There's a (an
emerging?) market for Standard-Triumph rocker shafts that are properly
machined with the lube holes in the right places and, more importantly,
heat-treated to the correct level of hardness which was 58 Rockwell. Haven't
encountered any in the UK with mis-aligned holes but I bought several shafts
over the years from 1998 onwards that had about as much hardness as a dowel of
pine. Then I found a UK supplier offering alternatives at 16 Rockwell and one
of those lasted four years - the others lasted weeks.

Jonmac

PS I'm sure
many can list other 'desiderata' items that actually *do* the job they're
supposed to do - but so often don't.




________________________________
From: Dave Connitt <dconnitt at fuse.net>
To: Triumphs at autox.team.net
Cc: GARY
FITZGERALD <glfmg2 at verizon.net>
Sent: Sun, 13 June, 2010 13:56:37
Subject:
[TR] Fw: Now I'm confused

Hi List,
A friend of mine (who is located several
states to my right so I can't see for
myself) is in the middle or rebuilding a
TR6 motor and ran into a problem with
the rocker arm assemblies from a
rebuilder in northern California. At least
two of them had the oil holes
rotated 90 degrees so there would have not been
any oil going to the rocker
arms! His final problem is what I am writing to
you guys about and that is
described below. Can anybody help him out?
Interestingly, the say he found it
was he had received two other rocker arm
assemblies for non Triumph engines
and those were not assembled correctly
either. Lucky for him, he had checked
them before installation and discovered
the problem. However, on the TR6
shaft, as he explains below, the assembly is
confusing.
Feel free to email him
directly if you want. His name is Gary Fitzgerald and
his email is listed
above.
Thanks,
Dave Connitt
'67 Triumph TR4A IRS
http://home..fuse.net/davestr4a

Subject: Now I'm confused


      Help me out
Dave,
            I just removed the assemble on the TR6. The rockers have 2
holes
about 90 degrees apart. The center shaft also has 2 holes about 90
degrees
apart. The only problem is that the mounting pedestal has a lock screw
that
can only go one way. If I line up the oil holes, the mounting screw won't
lone
up??? Something isn't right. I'm not getting oil with the set up the way
it is
now, but can change it to line up the holes.

      I've tried to find
out about proper aliening the holes on line, but no
one seems to insist the
holes be in line. Could I be wrong and if so why don't
I get any oil through
the rockers when the engine is running with the holes
not in line?

      HELP
      Gary

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