Paul,
Have to respectfully disagree here. I've owned 6 TR6's and rebuilt 3
transmissions and if everything is right there is no need to pull "up"
on the shifter to engage reverse. The shifter is spring loaded away from
reverse, but this easily overcome. If reverse is difficult to engage AND
the clutch is fully disengaging, then the problem lies in either shifter
adjustment, reverse selector shaft(and/or components) wear and/or
adjustment, or reverse idler gear assembly wear or adjustment. Reverse
problems can also indicate layshaft (countershaft) bearing wear, but 1st
gear is usually also a problem and accompanied by bearing squeal or
roar. For shifter adjustment, see your Haynes or Bentley manuals. If
that fails to solve your problem you can remove the top cover and check
the operation of the selectors and reverse actuator without having to
remove the tranny.
Hope this helps,
Jim Davis
Fortson, GA
CF38690UO
CF37325U
Paul Burr wrote:
>
> At 9:28 AM -0400 7/24/99, Hansen, Hans C, III (Red), GLSVC wrote:
> >Fellow LisTRs --
> >Call me crazy, if you prefer, but I'd like to encourage my wife (aka The
> >Treasurer) to drive my recently acquired TR6. Why? But, reverse is hard to
> >engage. I literally have to slap it hard over
> >to the right in order to engage it. As a result, my wife can't seem to do it
> >and she doesn't want to drive "Christine".
>
> >Red Hansen
> >"Give Blood - Buy a Triumph!"
> >'74 TR6 CF13994
>
> Red: Try this: Pull the lever UP before engaging reverse. This is how it's
> designed to work. It took me a couple of months ti figure this out!
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