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Re: Spit cylinder liners

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Subject: Re: Spit cylinder liners
From: medtron!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@uunet.UU.NET (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 92 15:59:25 CST
So a TR-2->4 has wet sleeves and a 1500 Spit has dry sleeves.

Dry sleeves would seem to be less trouble.  Until you go to change them.

>I can't imagine anyone ever changing them, they look to be
permanently pressed into place

"permanantly pressed" is an oxymoron if you have a big enough press.  Unless
they are into a closed end on the bottom.  Not even Triumph is that stupid!
:-)

Actually, if Triumph did not expect them to be changed, why use them at all?
The block is cast iron, right?  What are the sleeves made of?  If you can
get a good purchase on them, they should come out no matter how long they have
been in there.  You just may have to take the block to a backhoe bucket
builder to find a huge enough press.

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