Thanks for the size info. 1/4" is sufficiently thin to allow me to
fabricate whatever I want with the remaining 1/2" of allowed thickness.
I would not mind using the flex mounts but they are a major pain to change,
are expensive, and they fail rather quickly.
One interesting thing, when I was doing some destructive testing of an old
used mount, I cut the rubber away with a hacksaw in order to measure and
maybe re-use the metal parts within. The rubber had a VERY STRONG ODOR OF
GASOLINE!!!!
I had removed these mounts over a year ago! No wonder the rubber decays!
-Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Young" <Ryoung@navcomtech.com>
To: "Anthony Rhodes" <spamiam@comcast.net>; "Triumphs List"
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 1:55 PM
Subject: RE: Thickness of TR2-4 SU carb spacer?
> > I am trying to fabricate a replacement for my TR7 flex adapter.
> > As all TR7
> > owners know these are $40 each and the rubber fails regularly. I
> > am in the
> > process of designing a replacement of some sort (minimal machining,
> > hopefully).
> >
> > I want to incorporate one of the insulating spacers that the
> > TR2-4 use, and
> > therefore need to know the thickness of that spacer. I need to
> > replicate the
> > 0.75 inch overall thickness of the original flex adapter.
>
> I believe they are 1/4" nominal ... the one I grabbed out of a Payen
gasket
> set measures .247" with my cheap calipers.
>
> Don't know much about TR7s, but I know the folks using Webers say to use
> soft mounts. Apparently the engine vibration stirs the fuel up so much
that
> it's difficult to get consistent mixture with hard mounts. Might be
Triumph
> had the same problem ...
>
> Randall
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