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Re: Rear Susp. Bump Stop Question (TR6)

To: tgordon@saginaw-city.k12.mi.us
Subject: Re: Rear Susp. Bump Stop Question (TR6)
From: "Robert M. Lang" <LANG@ISIS.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 12:16:15 -0400
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Hi,

The stud part of the bump stops are steel, the trailing arm - aluminium.

The answer is "galvanic corrosion" and those things can be a real bitch to
get out. Seeing that your DPO took the liberty to reduce your old bump
stops to basically a headless bolt, then you don't have much choice.

You'll need a bolt extractor and a little heat. Center punch the bolt then
drill it out to accomodate an extractor then heat the trailing arm with
propane for a while... when it gets hot enough, that bolt will come right out.

When you reassemble, put a little anti-sieze compound on the new bump stop
and you won't have this problem the next time...

Oh - did you figure out why the bump stop was hacked off??? You should,
because there might be other problems back there...

Good luck.
rml
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