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Re: TR-3A - Position of rubber rear axle buffer?

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Subject: Re: TR-3A - Position of rubber rear axle buffer?
From: Chip Old <fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>
Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 00:20:22 -0400 (EDT)
On Sat, 3 May 1997, John Cowan wrote:

>         Recently, I had the rubber rear axle buffers replaced on my late
> model TR-3A.  Their position is now just inboard of the U-shaped check
> straps that go over the axle.
>        However, it would seem better for the buffer to be placed just
> *under* the strap, so it would bump into the strap rather than the floor of
> the body when the car bottoms out.
>        Can anyone tell me where the buffer was originally placed?
 
The rubber buffers should be positioned so as to hit the check straps, not
the floor of the car.
 
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Chip Old                      1948 M.G. TC  TC6710  NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland            1962 Triumph TR4  CT3154LO (daily driver)
fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us
 
If cars had evolved as fast as computers have, by now they'd cost a
quarter, run for a year on a half-gallon of gas, and explode once a day. 



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