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Re: [TR] TR2/3 radiator mounting

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Subject: Re: [TR] TR2/3 radiator mounting
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:52:15 -0700
> Wondering about other solutions for this awkward nut/bolt location. 

There have been several solutions mentioned.  Bob Schaller wrote in "More BS
about TRs" about replacing the large bolt with a smaller one that stays
fixed to the frame (with a nut & washers) and the radiator slides down over
it.

I found that I was able to get in there with a 1/4" drive 'wobble' extension
on my 56:
http://tinyurl.com/263an6k

but the 59 had socket-head cap screws that could be turned with a 'wobble'
Allen wrench:
http://tinyurl.com/2bp8ky3

I knew the frame flexed quite a bit, and was worried that it would flex more
with my sway bars, wide tires, etc.; so the SHCS also included springs under
the head, so the radiator would not be twisted when the frame flexed.
Probably irrelevant, but that's what I did.

Randall

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