On Mar Fri, 1996 5:56:55 PM, TR6Massey@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 96-03-28 18:18:50 EST, emanteno@ix.netcom.com (Irv
Korey)
>writes:
>
>>Mike,
>>
>>Many years ago, around 1983 when I put an o/d gearbox in my TR6, I
>>checked the fork pin and found it to be broken. I can't remember the
>>details well now as I am an old fart, but I do remember this clearly: I
>>was able to drill the fork from the opposite side of the broken pin,
>>insert a punch, and punch out the broken remains. I did this without
>>cutting the shaft or taking apart the tranny. Maybe I was lucky that
>>this worked, but I seem to remember reading this as a tech tip
>>somewhere, and being thrilled/stunned that it worked, especially since
>>I am a lousy mechanic. Have fun and good luck.
>>
>>Irv
>>74 TR6 original owner
>
>Irv:
>
>If this is the recommended method of removing the broken pin then why in
the
>bloody **** didn't they put a hole in the fork already. Maybe if they had
I
>wouldn't have had to do it the hard way (twice).
>
>The Bentley manual didn't say a word about this. I'll bet the old B/L
folks
>are laughing over a pint about this as we speak. (Roight, we pulled
another
>'un ova on the buggers, eh mate?)
Dave,
It is not in the Bentley because the LBC is England's revenge for the
Declaration of Independance. :-)
Irv
PS. I have no idea where I found this tech tip, but it worked and I
received email from someone else who had done the same thing.
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