I have been looking around the web for information on thrust washers and
related repairs. For your viewing pleasure, I found the following sites:
A description of a thrust washer repair and a solid bronze replacement
washer:
http://users.arczip.com/zntech/tr6.html
Description of a performance engine rebuild including pictures of bearing
cap modification to accept a second thrust washer:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/tridim/triumph/Engine.htm
Article on main bearing and thrust washer replacement:
http://www.geocities.com/hottr6/triumph/tr6bearings.html
Machinist's description of repair of damage when the washers fall out:
http://www.sltoa.org/Exhaust/2001/08/SLTOA0801.htm
Fixing your thrust washers once and for all (note Zimmerman's site is
back!):
http://www.mit.edu/people/zimerman/Documents/tr6/mjbtwasherfix.html
Hope this helps anybody trying to track down thrust washer information.
- Hugh Fader
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