• The Roadster Factory Recovery Fund - Friends, as you may have heard, The Roadster Factory, a respected British Car Parts business in PA, suffered a total loss in a fire on Christmas Day. Read about it, discuss or ask questions >> HERE. The Triumph Register of America is sponsoring a fund raiser to help TRF get back on their feet. If you can help, vist >> their GoFundMe page.
  • Hey there Guest!
    If you enjoy BCF and find our forum a useful resource, if you appreciate not having ads pop up all over the place and you want to ensure we can stay online - Please consider supporting with an "optional" low-cost annual subscription.
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this UGLY banner)
Tips
Tips

Question

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
I found a couple of peices of steel that I think are spacers that look like they go on the front of the Rack attachment brackets. Is this correct?

Between the rack attachment (alum) peices and the square box peice they bolt in to.
 

fordtrucks4ever

Jedi Trainee
Country flag
Offline
If you refer to them as shims, they will fit much better....
 
OP
jlaird

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
Hmmm, okies, wondered about those. just could not remember for sure. Ok so we move the rack forward a quarter inch or what ever, so what, wonder why that is important.
 
Country flag
Offline
They angle the rack to align with the column to prevent binding. IIRC the thicker one goes on the passenger side.
 

PeterC

Jedi Warrior
Offline
"We" want to move the passenger side of the rack forward so that the column angles properly toward the driver.

Peter
 
Country flag
Offline
So... then... I'm wrong?
 
OP
jlaird

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
So then, they should be so the rack and the stearing column are at 90 degrees, correct?
 
Country flag
Offline
That is how I remember it.
 
OP
jlaird

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
Excellent, anyone need a shim, seems I have two.
 

msoylemez

Jedi Trainee
Offline
I will take it!

I actually asked this question about 3-4 months ago, and the general consensus was that there were no shims in between the rack crossbar and the rack brackets...but it looks like there are.

Again, Jack, if you have one extra, I will take it. Let me know what you want for it.

Thanks.
 
OP
jlaird

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
I want an address so I can send it. PM me please and I will get it on the way.

And it is all clean and painted to Miss Agathas standards, heh.
 

fmichaels

Jedi Knight
Offline
make sure there wasn't a reason for agatha to have another shim ... are they both the same thickness? ... don't have the exact thickness of mine but would be willing to guess around 1/8" ... not a very thin shim.
 
OP
jlaird

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
Not a prob, I have an extra rack as well, think that is where the extra came from. Yep they preaty thick.
 

fmichaels

Jedi Knight
Offline
sounds like you have the answer to the riddle ... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 

fordtrucks4ever

Jedi Trainee
Country flag
Offline
So you need to snug up the column and then see how much shim should be needed before bolting the rack down?
 
OP
jlaird

jlaird

Great Pumpkin
Country flag
Offline
Unless there is already a shim in place to reuse.
 
Similar threads
Thread starter Title Forum Replies Date
DonC1948 TR6 A "CLASSIC" question. Triumph 6
71TR6 TR2/3/3A A TR3A wiring question Triumph 17
K TR2/3/3A Cylinder Head Bolt question.... Triumph 3
scottkilpatrick TR4/4A TR4 Rear Brake Drum Removal - Basic Question Triumph 16
scottkilpatrick TR4/4A Gear oil and choke question Triumph 4
B TR2/3/3A TR3A Gearbox fluid capacity question Triumph 7
D TR2/3/3A TR2 Flying Mile question Triumph 11
M New Member with an HD8 Carb Question Austin Healey 1
K TR2/3/3A Brand new brake caliper question... Triumph 8
Gliderman8 TR6 New shocks (damper) question Triumph 4
D TR2/3/3A Windshield assembly question Triumph 6
R TR6 question re: Engine Oil Triumph 3
glemon TR5/TR250 Answering My Own Question Rear Tube Shock Conversion Numbers TR4a-TR6 Triumph 0
T MGB Quick question about something that don't really matter just want to know. MG 9
CARSINC Throttle linkage question Spridgets 1
S TR6 Steering question you will not hear every day Triumph 1
K TR2/3/3A Further question re TR3 red ignition light. Triumph 1
Got_All_4 TR6 Triumph TR6 PDWA Brake Question Triumph 1
JPSmit Hypothetical Question of sorts - wheel bolts Restoration & Tools 12
E TR6 TR6 flip-up bonnet question Triumph 4
D TR2/3/3A headlight question Triumph 8
D A distributer question on the 1275 engine. Spridgets 7
P TR2/3/3A TR2 Headlight Trim Question: Triumph 8
SherpaPilot TR6 Ignition Switch Question Triumph 13
SherpaPilot TR6 Engine Mounting Question Triumph 3
5 TR2/3/3A TR3 fender patch panel question Triumph 10
WHT Oil Sump Question For Dougie Austin Healey 0
LD-Ordie Series II gear lube question Rover / Land Rover 3
T TR2/3/3A TR3A Windshield Question Triumph 4
K Usual 1275 rear main oil leak question Spridgets 0
Celtic 77 MGB factory hardtop question... MG 10
D Cam Timing question. Spridgets 11
jfarris TR2/3/3A Exhaust Hanger Question Triumph 4
T TR2/3/3A TR3A Disk Brake Question Triumph 10
JPSmit Distributor question Spridgets 0
Bayless Door seal question Spridgets 3
M T-Series TD/TF Steering Free Play Question MG 6
sail TR4/4A Piston Ring Question Triumph 6
B TR4/4A Basic Wiring Question Triumph 35
KLUTZ Wedge FASD wire question Triumph 1
T TR2/3/3A Brake system question - Triumph 4
drooartz MGB OD question - need to warm up? MG 8
J TR4/4A Sellers Reconcilliation Question Triumph 7
drooartz MGB Question on timing and vacuum MG 11
K TR2/3/3A British Wiring alternator conversion kit question. Triumph 3
T TR2/3/3A TR3 Fuse Question Triumph 14
B TR4/4A Jaeger Gauge Question Triumph 16
K TR2/3/3A Question about installing the steering wheel control head? Triumph 1
R TR6 Starter wiring question Triumph 6
K TR2/3/3A TR-3B carb question Triumph 13

Similar threads

Top