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TRT3 Bearing Cap Bolts

To: vitesse@juno.com
Subject: TRT3 Bearing Cap Bolts
From: jibrooks@juno.com (Jack I Brooks)
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 21:47:07 EST
Cc: Triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Hugh,

I have just finished the work on my 1960 TR3A bottom end.  The bolts on
the main caps take a regular 3/4 inch socket.  I just torqued them last
night.  The socket was still on the torque wrench.

Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
1960 TR3-A TS69032L
1974 Norton 850 Commando Roadster

>Anyway, he went to pull the main bearing caps off and says that it isn't
>SAE nor metric, or at least he couldn't get his sockets on to fit.
>
>My question, would the main bearing cap bolts be Whitworth on a '59 TR3
>or is he perhaps just not lining the sockets up right?


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