<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span>has your car been in an accident?</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>the really should be enough room to get a box wrench on them</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>.</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16550"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16549"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16548"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16574"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> David Friedlander <forzion7@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Frank Fisher <yellowtr3@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> TR3 Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 4, 2015 3:49 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [TR] Fender bolts<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16575"><br><div id="yiv3190003855"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16578"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16577"><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16576">Frank;<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1433454619786_16579">No, I haven't even been able to get a wrench on them, not even a ratcheting <br clear="none">box wrench. I guess I'll just keep at it. At this point, it's not the rust or the <br clear="none">number of turns I can get on them, it's getting ANY turns on them. But, I didn't <br clear="none">know these were slotted holes so that's a relief. The other dozen screws/bolts <br clear="none">holding the fender in place were EACH one a story. Whew! Even the front <br clear="none">fenders weren't this challenging. I have cut off many screw/bolts heads <br clear="none">since beginning this project in April....<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">I found a product that (to me) is much better than WD40 or PB Blaster. It's <br clear="none">called Aero Kroil. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Check out <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.kanolabs.com/">http://www.kanolabs.com</a> and look at their other products as well. <br clear="none">NFI, of course.... This stuff <i>really </i>penetrates!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);"> I think I need to dip this car in a VAT of this!!<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">Thanks for the responses. I'll have to get creative with tools...<i><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></i></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">Dave Friedlander<i><br clear="none"></i></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">Maine<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">'74 TR6<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">'59 TR3A<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv3190003855yqt0738863797" id="yiv3190003855yqt68515"><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv3190003855gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 6:27 PM, Frank Fisher <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:yellowtr3@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:yellowtr3@yahoo.com">yellowtr3@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="yiv3190003855gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr"><span>they are bolts into captive nuts.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>an open end or box end is about all you can get in there. i don't think you'll get a socket on it. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>once you get a few turns they fender should slide off. all my fenders had slots for the bolts not round holes.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>is your bolt turning but not loosening? </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>frank</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><br clear="none"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> David Friedlander <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com">forzion7@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> TR3 Triumphs <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 4, 2015 3:08 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [TR] Fender bolts<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div><div><div class="yiv3190003855h5"><br clear="none"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">Hey all;<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">I'm <i>trying </i>to remove the rear driver's side fender from my 3A. How in the world does one <br clear="none">remove those last three vertical (i.e., one above the other) bolts at the rear of the rear fender<br clear="none">(next to the tail light)? The fender is curved so one cannot even get a wrench on it, even <br clear="none">with a flex socket. Did Triumph assemble these with British pygmies?? :- ) I have been <br clear="none">trying, unsuccessfully, for several hours....<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">Thanks for any insights....<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms, sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,153);">Dave Friedlander<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><span class="yiv3190003855">** <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Donate: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Archive: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none">Forums: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br clear="none"></span>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/yellowtr3@yahoo.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/yellowtr3@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></blockquote></div><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>