Re: [TR] Knock off torque

["Randall" <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>]

> OK. I've heard to use the hammer only when the wheel is off 
> the ground as
> you can damage the spokes. Fact or Fiction?

Factory instructions for both TR6 & Stag specifically say to do final
tightening with the wheel on the ground.  Here's a TSB saying the same thing
for earlier cars:
http://www.triumphsonly.com/pages/technical/1-f-1.htm

Considering what happens to the spokes when you drop the clutch in 1st, I
think the major chance of damage is missing with the hammer and hitting the
spokes instead of the knockoff.

-- Randall  

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