Bob :
Well, although I didn't get them from MMC, I did replace the joints on a
previous car with the ones sold for throttle linkages for large trucks.
Seems my Dad had this 58 White bus with a 'pusher' motor and the most
incredible linkages ...
It worked great, although ISTR I had to fabricate new rods, and cut off the
threaded ends of the joints.
However, IMO, the original joints are not lacking in engineering or
strength, they simply wear and get sloppy after enough years of neglect.
With proper maintenance, they will last essentially forever. My current car
still has the factory joints (AFAIK) and I'm definitely prone to mash the
throttle to the floor, yet they've never popped off.
Randall
59 TR3A
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Westerdale, Bob
> Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 6:34 AM
> To: 'Geo Hahn'; TR
> Subject: RE: TR3 Throttle Linkage
>
>
>
> Originality Police please disregard this note!
>
> I suspect that most of us with higher mileage vehicles have
> had these darn
> things fall off or otherwise misbehave. McMaster-Carr
> probably others )
> (NFI) sells very nice ball joint rod ends, in many forms,
> that would appear
> to be quite adaptable to this application. They are probably lower
> friction, definitely better engineered, and less likely to
> fail during high
> speed pursuits, with the prerequisite throttle mashing,
> etc... has anyone
> tried this approach?
> Bob Westerdale
> http://www.mcmaster.com page 902 "ball joint linkages" etc...
>
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