John,
you need to use solid material. Brass and alumunium are to soft. Substantial
tention on the screws is possible and the threads might be easily ruined.
With regards to the tenex, the indeed screw in to the frame. New ones are to
long and will indeed damage the glass. So before fitting the glass, fit the
tenex first and cut off the thread carefully on the inside of the frame (my
hand is very shaky, so a friend of my did this for me). If you re-chrome your
frame beware of possible damage when fitting the tenex. The holes get filled up
a little with chome and new tennex tend to be to large towards the base of the
tread, resulting in cracking of the newly applied chrome.
Hope this helps you in anyway.
Alex van Zanten
'58 TR3a, TS38168L
The Netherlands
John Gillis wrote:
> Thanks for the very sound advice on removing the blocks from the inside of
> the frame. It seems I will have to make new ones of the straight type and
> buy the angled ones from Moss. I wonder could I make the new ones from
> brass or alluminium, as this would be easier to cut to size and tap for the
> screws ??, any thoughts. I have chosen one of the two frames I had in
> stock, based mostly on the fact that one frame seems to have had all the
> Tenex holes drilled out to a larger size and also right through and out the
> other side of the frame !!!!. I am guessing that the Tenex fastners do
> screw directly into the frame, as I can see thread on the better frame, any
> advice here?? There must be a danger of the thread hitting the glass???,
> thanks in advance
>
> John Gillis
> 1954 TR2 TS3618. October 1954 (ground up)
> 1964 Triumph 3TA 350cc (a little gem)
> Trinity College
> Dublin,
> IRELAND.
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