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Re: Rebuilding lever shocks

To: "Kyle K. Rice" <kkrice@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Rebuilding lever shocks
From: Alan Myers <reagntsj@ricochet.net>
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 20:43:25 -0800
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Organization: Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate
References: <200001040344.TAA23290@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
Hi Kyle,

Planning to send mine (TR4) to Apple Hydraulics
(www.applehydraulics.com) or someone like that with the right tools &
parts & experience. I believe they do some modifications to make them
stonger and more resistant to leaking, too, sleeving the shaft that the
lever goes into or something similar. Can be built to original ride
quality, or uprated to be stiffer. 

I suspect you should have some special tools to do the rebuild, but
would bet that someone on the list has figured out the process using
common ot homemade tools! From the prices I've seen quoted from Apple,
though, this would be false economy for me (about $100/pair ISTR)& I
have plenty of other work to do on the car! 

I've read various postings that folks have had some success simply
making some adjustments to the valving and put in fresh and/or heavier
oil (motorcycle fork oil, for example) to make them stiffer or renew
them over time.

Sorry, no info on half-shafts... what's a half-shaft? I'll go out &
crawl under my TR4 & see if I can find one ;-) I do think the
half-shafts and the drive shaft should use aircraft style locking nuts,
the solid metal, not nylon, ones. Or, as an alternative, should be
safety wired. I found 3 of 4 drive shaft nuts that were re-used on my
car many years ago by some DPO - well, okay by me, I've had the car so
long I am the DPO - were literally hanging on by a thread. 

Happy new year!

Alan Myers
San Jose, Calif.
'62 TR4 CT17602L

"Kyle K. Rice" wrote:
> 
> Listers,
> 
> Can I rebuild my TR6 lever shocks?  What is involved in this?  Also, which
> way do the nuts and bolts go that attach the half shafts to the
> differential?  Do the nuts fact the wheel or the differential?  does it 
>matter?
> 
> Thanks Kyle.
> 
> kkrice@earthlink.net

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