<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd084e0bayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" style="">TR3 / 4 / 6 U - joints are common parts - NAPA <font color="#757575"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Part # NPJ-P344, for example. </span></font></font></div><div style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydpd084e0basignature" style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr">brgds, Jay</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 01:44:15 PM CDT, <triumphs-request@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Send Triumphs mailing list submissions to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a ymailto="mailto:triumphs-request@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs-request@autox.team.net">triumphs-request@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">You can reach the person managing the list at<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <a ymailto="mailto:triumphs-owner@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs-owner@autox.team.net">triumphs-owner@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br></div><div dir="ltr">than "Re: Contents of Triumphs digest..."<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Today's Topics:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> 1. TR3 U-Joints (TeriAnn J. Wakeman)<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 2. Re: TR3 U-Joints (Greg Lemon)<br></div><div dir="ltr"> 3. Re: TR3 U-Joints (Greg Lemon)<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">----------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 1<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 18:38:12 -0700<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <<a ymailto="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: Triumph List <<a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: [TR] TR3 U-Joints<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:92774eba-172e-4ea2-9ba6-6cc140a0f40f@gmail.com" href="mailto:92774eba-172e-4ea2-9ba6-6cc140a0f40f@gmail.com">92774eba-172e-4ea2-9ba6-6cc140a0f40f@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I think my 1960's TR3A U-joints are going out. It has been decades since <br></div><div dir="ltr">I've even thought about them and right now my TR is my only <br></div><div dir="ltr">transportation so I need it fixed soonest if not sooner.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Question are the U-joints common off the shelf parts or something that <br></div><div dir="ltr">needs to be ordered from a TR specialty supplier? Is this something I <br></div><div dir="ltr">need to order or can a shop get it from a local auto parts house? <br></div><div dir="ltr">Replacing them is no longer something I can do myself.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">TeriAnn<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Parts wear out over time and use but it is not fair to have both cars go <br></div><div dir="ltr">out at the same time<br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20250809/8421609c/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20250809/8421609c/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 2<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 21:13:43 -0500<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Greg Lemon <<a ymailto="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com" href="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com">grglmn@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <<a ymailto="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cc: Triumph List <<a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 U-Joints<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <CAFtw3ab_zE2mGCS8tASnjuW_RF_dQNntavD-cMz_jXr6g+XC1Q@mail.gmail.com><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">For stuff like this I go to Rock Auto and get manufacturers parts numbers<br></div><div dir="ltr">from there you can see what else they fit. As I recall Triumph used the<br></div><div dir="ltr">same U joint through the TR6, and looking on Rock Auto numbers the Moog 344<br></div><div dir="ltr">was fit to a lot of more modern cars including some Volvos, so fighting<br></div><div dir="ltr">chance you local parts house will have it even if their computer doesn't<br></div><div dir="ltr">spit much out if you put "Triumph TR3" in the search field.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">The response I get when I tell them I have a Triumph TR250 is usually "who<br></div><div dir="ltr">makes that?". But still not as confusing as when I had a BMW 2002 "what<br></div><div dir="ltr">kind of 2002 BMW do you have sir?"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Greg Lemon<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 8:52?PM TeriAnn J. Wakeman <<a ymailto="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">> I think my 1960's TR3A U-joints are going out. It has been decades since<br></div><div dir="ltr">> I've even thought about them and right now my TR is my only transportation<br></div><div dir="ltr">> so I need it fixed soonest if not sooner.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Question are the U-joints common off the shelf parts or something that<br></div><div dir="ltr">> needs to be ordered from a TR specialty supplier? Is this something I need<br></div><div dir="ltr">> to order or can a shop get it from a local auto parts house? Replacing them<br></div><div dir="ltr">> is no longer something I can do myself.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> TeriAnn<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Parts wear out over time and use but it is not fair to have both cars go<br></div><div dir="ltr">> out at the same time<br></div><div dir="ltr">> ** <a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Unsubscribe/Manage:<br></div><div dir="ltr">> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/grglmn@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/grglmn@gmail.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20250809/f74e6837/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20250809/f74e6837/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Message: 3<br></div><div dir="ltr">Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 21:16:55 -0500<br></div><div dir="ltr">From: Greg Lemon <<a ymailto="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com" href="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com">grglmn@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">To: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <<a ymailto="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cc: Triumph List <<a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 U-Joints<br></div><div dir="ltr">Message-ID:<br></div><div dir="ltr"> <CAFtw3aanufS=k10e9XsvshumREGUrVEK2jas3Fx3h0S8S=8Dow@mail.gmail.com><br></div><div dir="ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Sorry, read your question better, a good shop that works on older cars<br></div><div dir="ltr">should have no trouble finding them.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 9:13?PM Greg Lemon <<a ymailto="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com" href="mailto:grglmn@gmail.com">grglmn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">> For stuff like this I go to Rock Auto and get manufacturers parts numbers<br></div><div dir="ltr">> from there you can see what else they fit. As I recall Triumph used the<br></div><div dir="ltr">> same U joint through the TR6, and looking on Rock Auto numbers the Moog 344<br></div><div dir="ltr">> was fit to a lot of more modern cars including some Volvos, so fighting<br></div><div dir="ltr">> chance you local parts house will have it even if their computer doesn't<br></div><div dir="ltr">> spit much out if you put "Triumph TR3" in the search field.<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> The response I get when I tell them I have a Triumph TR250 is usually "who<br></div><div dir="ltr">> makes that?". But still not as confusing as when I had a BMW 2002 "what<br></div><div dir="ltr">> kind of 2002 BMW do you have sir?"<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> Greg Lemon<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">> On Sat, Aug 9, 2025, 8:52?PM TeriAnn J. Wakeman <<a ymailto="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com" href="mailto:tjwakeman@gmail.com">tjwakeman@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr">> wrote:<br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> I think my 1960's TR3A U-joints are going out. It has been decades since<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> I've even thought about them and right now my TR is my only transportation<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> so I need it fixed soonest if not sooner.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Question are the U-joints common off the shelf parts or something that<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> needs to be ordered from a TR specialty supplier? Is this something I need<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> to order or can a shop get it from a local auto parts house? Replacing them<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> is no longer something I can do myself.<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> TeriAnn<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Parts wear out over time and use but it is not fair to have both cars go<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> out at the same time<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> ** <a ymailto="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/triumphs</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <a href="http://www.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">>> Unsubscribe/Manage:<br></div><div dir="ltr">>> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/grglmn@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/grglmn@gmail.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">>><br></div><div dir="ltr">><br></div><div dir="ltr">-------------- next part --------------<br></div><div dir="ltr">An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br></div><div dir="ltr">URL: <<a href="http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20250809/dae01f7f/attachment-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/pipermail/triumphs/attachments/20250809/dae01f7f/attachment-0001.htm</a>><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Subject: Digest Footer<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Triumphs mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a ymailto="mailto:Triumphs@autox.team.net" href="mailto:Triumphs@autox.team.net">Triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/triumphs</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">End of Triumphs Digest, Vol 18, Issue 97<br></div><div dir="ltr">****************************************<br></div></div>
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