I too found this material very helpfull! Especially the modification to
fix the front brake squeal on Spitfires.
Has anyone tried this yet? I'll probably give it a shot this weekend.
It's great to have such recources available!
Glenn Bowley
'75 Spit (FM30644U)
Mansfield, Connecticut
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Windoseat@aol.com [SMTP:Windoseat@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 6:34 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Triumph Service Bulletions
>
>
> Thanks to whoever posted the Triumph web site containing the Triumph
> service
> bulletins! I printed off all the ones that were pertinent to the GT6+
> and
> found some issues of interest. In my original 1969 GT6+ the brake
> light switch
> failed. I replaced it with one from a Cadillac. There was a service
> bulletin
> indicating that the fixing nut should be replaced and a spacer
> installed to
> provide more clearance. In another bulletin they recommended
> lubricating the
> clutch pedal pivot bushing if it was necessary to disassemble the
> pedal. In
> the course of restoring my GT6+ I found the bushing seized to the
> pivot bolt.
> Upon closer inspection the hole for the clevis was worn. In the
> service
> bulletin they predicted that this would occur if the pivot wasn't
> lubricated.
> A few months ago someone complained about a rebuilt transmission that
> wouldn't
> properly engage reverse. Another bulletin mentioned the fact that the
> reverse
> gear back up lamp switch had been modified to eliminate some machining
> on the
> gear case and that the switch would foul the selector if used on later
> transmissions.
>
> I found these service bulletins to be interesting and helpful. Give
> them a
> looksee and print them out for your library. I highly recommend them
> for their
> content and some of the original factory drawings they contain.
>
> Greg Wolf
> 1970 GT6+ "Ian"
> Ann Arbor, Michigan
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