• Hey Guest!
    British Car Forum has been supporting enthusiasts for over 25 years by providing a great place to share our love for British cars. You can support our efforts by upgrading your membership for less than the dues of most car clubs. There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Upgraded members don't see this banner, nor will you see the Google ads that appear on the site.)
Tips
Tips

TR6 Tire rub?

Share this page

D

davjac889

Jedi Hopeful
Offline
Hello All,
Well I replaced the bushings on my trailing arm and other assorted rubber mounts. I placed a shim under each bracket. Everything went great. The reason I did all of this is because this particular side of my TR6, the tire rubs occasionally on the inside wheel well. There is good clearance on the other side. I don't get it! Now there has been quite a bit of welding on the frame. Does anyone think it may have things out of kilter? The car runs straight, its not crooked. I'm thinking about cutting that section out of the wheel well. Any thoughts. This really has me at my wits end. Help?
Thanks,
Bill '73 TR6
 
Bill, I would take the car to a frame shop along with the Bentley Manual. If nothing is wrong, great, if not let them fix it, you will be money ahead and worry free, on that part any way.

Wayne
 
The shims are behind the Trailing arm brackets to set the toe in and equalize the wheel base between the right and left sides of the car.
Did you take those 2 factors into consideration when you placed those shims ?
 
Been a long time since I had a 6 so I'm no authority by a far stretch, but could the springs be compressed from age/wear, or the spring collar spacers have been switched or left out at some point in history. Just a thought.
 
Hello All,
Yes it was welded where the trailing arm is attached and I did leave the spring collar out because it was the same prior. Also there weren't any shims originally, I put one under each arm.
Thanks,
Bill
 
Bill, I have seen the trailing arms bent. Have a look at the bottom and see how hard it's been hit, it always leaves a skid mark, some deeper than others.
I think you said you did the springs in a earlier post, so the frame shop might be the best bet for finding the culprit, even if you fix it.

Wayne
 
Thanks, for the input but I suspect a frame shop is more money than I could muster. I'm leaning toward cutting the wheel well.
Bill
 
Bill, I hate that for you, but thanks for saving one more Triumph.
Before you cut the body, go to your auto parts store and get some spring extenders and see if that will level it out to your satisfaction, can't hurt. Does the car run OK other than the rubbing?

Wayne
 
Hey Wayne,
The car runs great! The tire rubs sometimes against the side of the wheel well not the top, I don't think a spring will do any good, in fact, the spring on it is very good. There is this protrusion on the inside wheel well that normally comes down on a rubber piece on the axle so the car doesn't bottom out. I'm thinking about shaving it down or cutting it out. My logic is if the frame has been adjusted, (and that's fine by me), someone didn't finish the job.
We'll see but thanks.
Bill
 
Bill, Going out on a limb here, I think your car was bottomed out and the shelf the bump stop sets on was flattened out a bit and you are running about a 205 tire. Take the tire off and use a persuasion tool of 2 pounds and flail the he.. out off it. Don't think I would cut it or grid it, taking away metal off a frame is never a good idea.


Wayne
 
If it's just a slight tire rub, how about a set of wheel spacers ? That may give you enough clearance to stop the rubbing.
 
Thanks Wayne, actually the tires are 195's. I might try to live with this. I took the car out for a quick spin between snow storms because I installed another diff (former was whining loud over 50), superb and quiet. The tire does not rub, just the space between the tire and body is much less on right than on left side. But it is rubbing at times. I think this car may have been to **** and back but she's still a beauty.
Bill
 
I have some quarter inch spacers, exact fit, I would be glad to sell you cheap, I got them for my fronts but since I have alloy wheels (which are already thicker than steel where they bolt on) the studs aren't long enough to use them, if you are using steel wheels they should be fine.

That being said it doesn't sound normal, isn't normal in fact, might be best to find the cause.
 
Back
Top