[TR] Rear Leaf Springs

[Jim Henningsen]

You all are the best!  The sleeve was stuck on there real good.  A Dremel
tool, diamond cutting wheel, wd40 and 60 minutes of patience cutting and
changing out cutting disks worked.  No damage to the shaft or threads thank
goodness.  The Dremel takes longer but less risk of cutting into and damaging
the shaft.   I think I'll do the other one tomorrow.  Thank you all so much
for your advice!  I think there should be a medal for getting those little
guys off.
Cheers,
Jim Henningsen


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On Jan 4, 2014, at 2:42 PM, "spook01 at comcast.net" <spook01 at comcast.net>
wrote:

> Agreed.  I usually resort to dremel to split the old sleeve.  Those babies
are hard!
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Dean Tetterton" <tr3a58 at verizon.net>
> To: "James Henningsen" <trguy75 at gmail.com>
> Cc: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [TR] Rear Leaf Springs
> Date: Sat, Jan 4, 2014 11:28 am
>
>
> I would say that the bushing inner sleeve from the old spring is frozen
> onto the shaft. The shaft is suppose to come out of the frame to the
inside.
> It is threaded for a bolt to pull it out with. This is so you can change
the
> spring with the body on the frame. They almost always are frozen in the
> frame and a real fight to get them out.
>
> See part number 106231 in the parts book.
>
> Dean
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2014, at 12:14 PM, James Henningsen wrote:
>
>> Installing new Moss leaf springs on my 62 TR4 today and having a bit of a
>> problem.  I can't seem to get the front mount of the spring onto the round
>> housing on the frame.  The leaf spring bushing is rubber with a metal
>> cylinder sleeve that would slide over the frame shaft.  It looks to me as
> if
>> the inner metal cylinder sleeve on the new spring bushing is the same size
>> as the housing on the frame.  I inspected my old springs that I removed
and
>> they did not have an inner metal cylinder sleeve on the bushing, just a
big
>> rubber bushing.    Is the metal cylinder sleeve supposed to be removed
>> before installing.  Seems like it would be better if the sleeve was there.
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Jim Henningsen
>>
>> Ocala FL
>>
>> 62 TR4 x2
>>
>> 75 TR6
>>
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