[TR] GT6 vent window

Stephen Oertwig oertwig at mac.com
Sun Oct 10 12:45:47 MDT 2010


The rear window my GT6 also is loose.  I was just going to seal it back in place with clear silicone.

Is this a bad idea?

Aloha,

Steve


On Oct 10, 2010, at 8:00 AM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:
> 
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 22:36:32 -0400
> From: Alexander Delis <ols at bcdef.net>
> Subject: [TR] GT6 Window problem
> To: Triumph List <triumphs at autox.team.net>
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> Esteemed listers
> 
> The rear vent window on my GT6 has come loose.
> 
> The piano hinge that it swivels on in the front was attached with spot welds
> to the B pillar that have come loose.
> 
> As I do not have a spot welder (and wonder if that is REALLY the best way to
> attach this) I was thinking that drilling through the piano hinge into the B
> pillar and using self-tapping screws would be a reasonable way of re-attaching
> this.
> 
> Does anyone have any gotchas about doing this (or for that matter a better
> idea)?
> 
> Should I do anything else to prevent moisture from getting in there?
> 
> Any and all comments appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> 1958 TR3 TS33884LO
> 1968 GT6 KC10303
> 1976 TR6 CF51981U
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:42:34 -0400
> From: Andrew Mace <zoboherald at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [TR] GT6 Window problem
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
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> ==AM==
> Better, I don't know, but the original method of attachment was with
> rivets, and that's probably as easy as anything!
> 
> --Andy Mace
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