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Re: TR6 - Clutch Fork Tapered Pin

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Subject: Re: TR6 - Clutch Fork Tapered Pin
From: "Steve Nabors" <topdown@eudoramail.com>
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 16:36:27 -0700
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This may or may not be of any help but I use some Gunk Liquid Wrench on it. 
Take a hammer and tap the top of the head of the screw(I realize is tough to 
hit at the angle its in but youre just trying to get the stuff to work its way 
in more than anything).  Let it sit for a while(5-10 mins) then repeat.  Then 
try it to see if it will come off with reasonable torque. I tried this on my 
flywheel bolts till they came off after 2 tries.  I was skeptical at first but 
it actually worked.

Good luck.

PS-A trip to the Dairy Queen huh? Does he get to ride shotgun after all that 
work or do you just throw him in the trunk

;-)

BTW-My taper pin was broken but it was still holding the fork in place wihtout 
any looseness. It broke off very close to the head of the bolt. I couldnt get 
at it with a drill as I could not turn the fork(i.e. it was broken but still 
worked if you see what I'm saying). I said hey, till it breaks and gets loose 
I'm leaving it as is(since its net effect is that it works).  One of these days 
I'll find myself drilling it out. 
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On Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:56:31    Bud Rolofson wrote:
>
>What is the trick to removing the tapered pin that holds the clutch fork to the
>cross shaft?  In the VTR article on A-type OD conversion Mark Gibson refers to
>some ways to remove the pin (if it's stuck) without breaking it off.  Does
>anybody know what those might be?
>
>I've already experienced drilling one out that was broken on a tranny that I
>inherited, but I'd like to know how to get one out without breaking it and 
>going
>through that routine again.
>
>BTW my thirteen year old now knows how to pull a tranny out (with the OD for my
>good TR6) of a TR6 and put one in again (the inherited tranny) since we did 
>that
>this weekend and I made him do most of it since I figured he couldn't hurt
>anything on the rust bucket.  He's mowing lawns this summer for extra money but
>I'm sure he'd be glad to slap a few trannies in for just a little more than the
>trip to Dairy Queen that I compensated him with.  Of course you'd have to bring
>it to Denver.
>
>Bud
>71TR6 CC57365 (with an OD sitting next to it)
>71TR6 CC65446 (OD no longer)
>66TR4A CTC57806
>


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