**there is a question at the end of this if you want to skip ahead.
Well, it seemed like a very long wait. 23 days ago I found that the bushes
on the lower arms of the rear on my '72 GT-6, Mk3 were gone. I took both
sides down and cleaned out the dust that once was a bushing. I also found
that the arm it self was just a bit out of shape. I was able to reform it
with a custom jig and a 10 ton hydrolic press. The camber should be equal
on both sides and the Rotoflex's now do not take quite as much of a flex.
Now the 23 days. I order a new bush kit from John Kipping by FAX. He has
always been so fast that I anticipated that I would be back on the road an
the end of the next week. Sorry. This order took what really was a normal
amount of time instead of being very quick. Even though the package was
marked to go Air Express.
Since I was going to be under the car anyway I ordered new top ball joints
for the front as well as a new front wheel bearing (the left was tight but
rough.)
Yesterday a got all the parts and just about 90 minutes later was out in the
dark on the test drive. I don't know if it is just that I have been driving
my 1992 Oldsmobile 98 water craft for the last month but the now Triumph
felt very tight and pointed much better than I remember.
**Now the question.
Should there be any kind of lube at the wheel end of the lower arm in a
Rotoflex suspension? I could not find any referance to lube in the Bentley
book. So all I put in there were the plastic bushes and water seals with
one great big bolt.
(It is not too late, I could take it down and do the right thing if there is
something to be done.
Thank you for the support.
Tom Howard
'72 GT6
(and a good bit of USA iron)
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