Tom White wrote:
>I don't know if it was a british engineer, some mechanic or the DPO, but
>I'm really mad at somebody. I'm mad at the person who put in the bolt
>on the inner bracket of the trailing arm on the rear suspension of my 4A
>IRS. They must be sadistic because they decided to thread the bolt from
>the end which nearly abutts (sp?) the frame. As a result, removing the
>trailing arm to replace the two bushings is not possible. Instead, one
>must unbolt the whole bracket from the frame, upsetting the shims & rear
>camber, etc. Would it have been so hard to just put the bolt in from
>the other side, where it could just be drawn out and the arm easily
>removed? Grrr! Has anyone else shared this joy? Is there some good
>reason for threading the bolt from the difficult side?
Who's calling who 'sadistic'? After all, you're the one who bought a Triumph!!
Come to think of it, a couple of years back I think I found the same
thing on my TR6 when I rebuilt the IRS. Not sure, but it sounds
familiar. I have no idea why the factory would do it, but I wouldn't
be surprised if it's a factory thing!
Have fun!
--
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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