Skip,
You're correct, the "R" and "L" refer to what you'll see if you've got the
upper wishbone pieces oriented correctly, "R" on the right side and "L" on
the left. The less curved a-arm piece (unmarked) goes in the rear with the
curved arms in front. The Bentley manual is particularly un-specific about
this, I based my information on actually observing several TR6s that are
together and correct.
Presumably the upper wishbones were pre-assembled and delivered to the
assembly line ready to bolt to the frame... this must've been the way to
keep the workers from getting them confused. Although what happened if the
chap didn't know his right from left........ :-)
Cheers!
Jim
-and the jigsaw puzzle TR6. "Hey, it's together but I've got pieces left
over. Is that bad?" :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Skip Montanaro
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 1999 7:07 AM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Vertical Link "R" vs "L" upper wishbone
>
>
>
>
> 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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