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Re: Spitfire front trunnions

To: David Templeton <davidt@opentext.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Spitfire front trunnions
From: Dave Chu <dave@ece.concordia.ca>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 22:56:21 -0400
In message <EB7F84267EFFD3119644009027F63997021463F4@roxie.wl.opentext.com>you 
write:
>
>He then proceeded to tell us a tale about the front trunnions and that after
>a period of time if a front wheel took a real good jolt, like the one from a
>pothole there is a good chance that the trunnion would come apart causing
>the wheel to go off in a undisirable direction.  The reason he gave was the
>straight cut thread and the angled thread of the trunnion. 
>Before I get jumped on, I have not had the front end of the spit apart but I
>did do the tr3a's and there the threads appeared to be cut similiar in the
>trunnion and the upright creating a nice snug fit.  
>
>Has anyone heard of such an issue? Something I (we), need to check on?  I
>haven't heard of this kind of issue on any of these lists, and there is a
>lot discussed on these list in 4 years :-P

The trunnions on my car were one of the first items that I changed when I got
my 78 Spit in 1993.  It has held up to Montreal's pothole riddled streets
well so far.

Dave                                                  |\ |     | |      
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Dave Chu                                 \/  \/       | /|     | |  
Dept. of Elec. & Comp. Eng.                           |/ |     | |      
Concordia University              Voice:(514)848-3115   Fax:(514)848-2802 
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