Well, folks, here's my TR6 "questions du jour"...
I adjusted the rear brakes yesterday (Saturday) to a) try to get the
handbrake to work better, and b) try to reduce a minor pull to the left
when braking. (Not too much success with either...) But I noticed
something that was mildly disturbing: when I jacked up the left rear
tire I noticed some "slop" in the wheel. At first I thought that the
lugnuts weren't tightened down, but they were. I removed the wheel and
found that there is some play in the driveshaft with regard to the
differential - I can get about 1/16" or so of travel when pushing /
pulling the wheel to and from the differential. I also noticed a
"clunk" when I would turn the wheel in one direction then immediately
reverse it. I do not notice any noise whatsoever when driving the car.
So, to the questions: 1) What's causing this noise, and 2) How
dangerous is it to drive the car like this?
On a much more positive note, I did finally get to drive the car on a
nice, warm spring day with the top down. Now THAT'S reason enough to
have bought the car and to put up with it's idiosyncracies! I haven't
had a rush like that since I started riding motorcycles!
Bruce Krobusek
Rochester NY
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'83 R80RT
'72 TR6
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