Hi Noah
I would think the easiest thing would be to lift the engine slightly, you
may get enough just using a jack to lift the weight off the rubber mounts or
you may have to slacken / remove the bolts completely. I am not familiar
with the TR4 this is more a guess and a bit of I think this has been
mentioned here before than real knowledge!
Graham,
1967 1300 FWD
1968 2000 Saloon
1972 2.5PI Saloon
1974 Sprinted Dolomite 1850
1975 Toledo in restoration!
http://www.triumph-iw.co.uk
http://www.mickdolphin.co.uk Spares Supplier.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Freeman, Noah" <Noah.Freeman@Bain.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 3:23 PM
Subject: TR4 Fan Belt Installation, other Questions
|
| Hello all-
|
| I was installing my new fan belt yesterday in my TR4, (thanks for the NAPA
| #s!), and following hte Haynes manual. Those of you who own TR4s will
| recall what it looks like up there- above hte fan belt crankshaft there is
a
| cylindrical cross beam, and below the crankshaft is the rack and pinion
| steering unit. According to the Haynes manual, you "remove the 3 screws
on
| each side of hte cross piece, and then move the cross piece to the side"
| which will give you space to put the fan belt past the fan hub onto the
| crankshaft pulley- yet on my car what is in the way ist he rack and
pinion,
| not this cross member. The cross member has like 4" of clearance on the
fan
| hub, while the rack and pinion has about 0.25". It appears to me that teh
| Haynes manual is wrong with reference to my car
|
| Questions-
| -Is my car really oddly layed out (motor 3" lower than it should be?), or
is
| the Haynes manual wrong?
|
| -What I did- I carefully whittled out two of hte cogs on the belt, which
| made it narrow enough in one spot to fit between the cranskshaft and the
| rack adn pinion- was this OK? Is this a terrible idea? (I have another
| belt to replace it with if this was a terrible move)
|
| -What is the correct (non whittling) mehtod for getting the fan belt past
| the rack and pinion? Remove the fan (and radiator)? Move the rack and
| pinion (aggh!)?
|
| Thanks all!
|
| Noah
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