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Re: TR3 order of assembly

To: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: TR3 order of assembly
From: "Raod Runner" <rroberts47@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:53:07 -0400
Mount the gear box to the engine and you will have front and rear mounts to 
align and steady the installation, been ther etc....

Bob Roberts
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
To: "triumph list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:01 PM
Subject: RE: TR3 order of assembly


>> I know there are different orders of assembly.  Why shouldn't I follow 
>> this
>> one:
>> 1.  mount the gearbox to the prepared frame
>> 2.  mount the engine to the prepared frame & gearbox.
>
> Its awkward as all-get-out.  The frame will not support the gearbox, 
> you'll have
> to support it separately, and I don't believe the engine will slide into 
> place
> unless the front of the gearbox is tilted up and the whole operation done 
> on an
> angle.  It's also a fairly critical operation mating the engine to the 
> gearbox,
> as the input shaft needs to be turned to go through the clutch plate, and 
> must
> be at just the right angle to hit the pilot bearing.  Kind of tough to do 
> with
> the engine twirling on the end of a hoist.
>
> Much better, IMO, to mate the gearbox to the engine and then lower them 
> onto the
> frame as an assembly.
>
>> 3.  mount the tub to the prepared frame, gearbox & engine.
>
> No reason at all, that's what the factory did.
>
> Randall
>
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