excellent tip!
Gernot
> Tip: when welding
> the
> >new cage to the body, use a long bolt and secure the cage to the body
> with
> a
> >second, temporary, nut on the outside of the cage. This method
> holds the
> >cage tight against the body during welding and leaves both your hands
> free.
> >Remove second nut and the long bolt after welding or brazing. Neat
> and
> >original.
> >
> >Ed Woods
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
> ><JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com>
> >To: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:07 PM
> >Subject: TRx caged nuts alternatives?
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hi listers,
> >>
> >> When reassembling the bodies on TRs, what have people done
> besides
> >> using those nuts in cages? Or is the general consensus to use
> them
> >> again and let the next poor sucker worry about it 40 years from
> now?
> >> About 3/4 of the cages on mine had to be destroyed to get the
> body
> >> panels off so I have to figure out what I'll do.
> >>
> >> I've considered:
> >> a) Still using the cages but going to coarse threads,
> >> b) Welding the nuts on,
> >> c) Switching to stainless nuts,
> >> d) Using anti-seize and undercoating,
> >> e) Making new cages of thicker material so they don't spread
> easily,
> >or
> >> e) Some combination of the above
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >> Jim Wallace
> >> 60 TR3a
> >>
> >
>
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