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Re: TR6 Rear Hub Question

To: Bob Lang <LANG@isis.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: TR6 Rear Hub Question
From: erl@unix.mail.virginia.edu
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 09:31:53 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: fot@autox.team.net, triumphs@autox.team.net
Mmdf-warning: Parse error in original version of preceding line at mail.virginia.edu
Bob:

Sorry to be the bearer of bad tideings, but the most likely problem is
that you have a worn rear hub spindle.  The innermost bearing is spinning
on the spindle, and has eaten into the spacer that sits between the
tightening nut and the bearing.  You will need a new inner spindle, which
is an integral part of the u-joint yolk, as well as a spacer.


On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Bob Lang wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed a bit of a "clunk" in the race car last event and it took me 
> 'till last night to "get a round-tuit". Anyway, instead of the prescribed 
> .002" of end float, the number was "much larger". Seeing that I still 
> haven't recieved my new magnetic base for my dial indicator, I was unable to 
> measure exactly how much, but figure .060" at least.
> 
> The problem turns out to have been the lock nut and the adjusting 
> nut turning on the axle. This is not supposed to be, as the lock washer 
> has a "d-shaped" hole that corresponds to the shape of the threaded part 
> of the stub axle. Well, it looks like the d-shaped hole is now "almost" 
> round.
> 
> I'll take the hub apart and replace the lock washer, but I was wondering 
> if anyone out there in Triumph land has seen this before.
> 
> I'm guessing the problem stems from the end float having been set too 
> loose to start with, but it _should_ have been right from the get-go. My 
> current theory is that the lock-washer is "soft".
> 
> Time to dust off the PlastiCard and convert to Corvair axles, I guess.
> 
> On the plus side, I didn't suffer an axle failure, but I very easily 
> could have. _That_ would have been a "bad thing".
> 
> I'd appreciate any feedback.
> 
> later,
> rml
> 
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