Okay folks. You went and got me confused about the upper wishbone. As I
have my front suspension about 2/3s back together at this point (no springs
in yet, fortunately), I'd really love to have a definitive quote from a
service manual identifying the proper meaning of "R" and "L".
I disagree with the contention that "R" means "rear". Here's why.
I wanted to keep one side together while rebuilding the other, but the
powder coater wanted to do everything in one run, so I relented and
disassembled both. I didn't have my friend's digital camera at the time, so
I couldn't take more pictures. I did take pictures of the suspension before
disassembly, however. The picture of the left front suspension on my TR250
at
http://www.musi-cal.com/~skip/lfwish.jpg
clearly shows the more curved wishbone arm in front and the straighter, but
more angular wishbone arm in back. The curved wishbone arm is the one with
"R" and "L". (Actually, the "R" seems to have a third "leg" between the two
regular ones. But I digress.) Note that the grease nipple on the ball joint
appears to be well back of the shock mounting nuts.
The Haynes manual I have is mum on the topic. I'm still waiting for the TR6
Repair Operations Manual I bought on eBay to arrive in the mail so I can
check if it says anything.
I can't believe "R" means "rear". I clearly means (to me) "right".
Otherwise what would "L" mean? That doesn't say whether or not the it
belongs in front of or behind of the shock tower, but from what I saw on my
car I believe it belongs in front. I don't think my front suspension had
ever been disassembled.
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