[TR] [6pack] B & B clutch and Gunst T. O. Bearing in a TR6?

William Pugh anabil007 at comcast.net
Wed Mar 14 10:30:00 MDT 2012


The HVDA Toyota 5 speed conversion kit is required.  Also a W85 Toyota 5 speed
Transmission, they are from the 1985-87 Toyota Celica, and or Supra ... make
sure you don't get the Truck one.

Herman Van Den Akker is the only source for the conversion kit. His website
is:

			http://www.hvdaconversions.com/products.html

I used this kit on both our TR6 and TR3 ... had a little trouble with the TR3
installation, Herman drove up from the LA area, and showed me the correct way
to fix it.  The hydraulic clutch bearing eliminates the Triumph slave cylinder
and works great.  You can't do better than dealing with Herman, give him a
call he will answer ...




On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:37 AM, Ruffner, James A *HS wrote:

> Is the Toyota 5-speed a direct installation, or are additional
modifications
> required?  And which 5-speed is this?  Just curious, in case...
> ________________________________________
> From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of
> Sally or Dick Taylor [tr6taylor at webtv.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:17 PM
> To: Dennis Culligan; triumphs at autox.team.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [6pack] B & B clutch and Gunst T. O. Bearing in a TR6?
>
> Dennis---Not exactly "recently" but I installed the Gunst T/O bearing with
the
> Blue dot B&B disc and pressure plate about 8 years ago. Everything worked
well
> for the 10,000 miles or so, before I elected to go with the Toyota 5 speed,
> which must use a different T/O bearing & sleeve. Mr. Gunst experienced
> "whistling" when the B&B pressure plate was turning, and attributed this to
> the shape of the cranked fingers. I heard no such sound, and I'm sort of
fussy
> about these things. Note - the B&B pressure plate is still in there, with
the
> Toyota disc.
>
> Dick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Culligan
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 1:40 PM
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net, 6pack at autox.team.net
> Subject: [6pack] B & B clutch and Gunst T. O. Bearing in a TR6?
>
>   Has anybody recently put a Borg & Beck clutch in their TR6 and used the
> Gunst throw out bearing?
>
> TRF catalogs "recommend" that the Gunst bearing only be used w/ clutches
> with flat fingers (ie Luk)
>
> but as per a brief discussion with Dave from TRF, Mr. Gunst's
recommendation
> may be more political
>
> than practical.  I already have a Gunst bearing and can get a REALLY good
> price on a B & B clutch kit -
>
> will this work OK?
>
>
>
> Dennis Culligan, Highland NY / 1976 TR6 CF57948U
>
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"Life is too short to drive Boring Cars"

Bill Pugh
Wallace, CA
Casper
1957 TR3
TS16665L
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