Another stupid question

[Tinster]

Some of you guys remember last summer when my passenger
rear wheel hub seperated from the car going around a bend
a 40 mph. The hub studs pulled out of the trailing arm.
Scary as all get out!!

So now, with a new TA , I drive real slow thru turns and
bends in the road. But I'm wondering. I think TR6s were
raced at one time- back in the day.

Does anyone know what the professional racers did to keep
their rear wheel hubs from falling off going thru turns at
high speeds?

thanks,

d

 

[swift6]

Dale, the studs failed on you earlier because of fatigue combined with fine threads in aluminum. If you put all new studs in with helicoils or the like then they are now stronger than when it was new. These cars were never designed to be around for 40 years so the factory and designers have to be excused for taking financial shortcuts on some of the 'design flaws'. Again, they were never meant to be around this long.

So, if you did improve the studs, you should be fine. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/driving.gif

 

[AltaKnight]

I know exactly what you mean Dale having had the TA's off my car to change bushings.
I'm powering round corners imagining those itty bitty little studs screwed into aluminium being the only difference between the wheels staying on and me going in the ditch; not real comforting.

 

[Brosky]

I just drive mine aggressively and don't worry about that. I personally know over 40 TR6 owners (many who beat the crap out of their cars) and unfortunately for Dale, but fortunately for the others, he is the only one that I've ever heard that happen to.

We'll all die of something some day, but I doubt that it will be trailing arm stud failure for most of us, no matter how hard we drive these cars.

 

[NickMorgan]

Dale,
I don't think you need to worry about this. I have never heard of it happening to anyone else in a TR6 or Truimph 2000/2.5PI. Remember that you have now de-Pedro-ized Amos and it should be fine now.
I think that driving and maintaining older cars makes you a much better driver, though. Knowing what is going on with the mechanical components makes you drive much more sympathetically. I often think about things like that when I am cruising at 100!
Nick

 

[DougF]

They still race TR6's today. Unfortunately, there aren't many that are competitive.
I highly doubt that you will have that problem again. But if you feel uncomfortable, as Shawn says, have threaded inserts installed.

 

[BIBBER]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] We'll all die of something some day, but I doubt that it will be trailing arm stud failure for most of us, no matter how hard we drive these cars. [/QUOTE]

Paul you guys must have not seen this yet .......

 

[Brosky]

He wasn't part of the forum and he was in Punxsutawney, which has it's own issues just dealing with testy ground hogs, so that one doesn't count.

I'm talking about real world here, Bibber. Places like Bayamon, PR and the like. Not some made up place in the woods of PA where people in tuxedos look in holes for dirty animals to come out of hibernation and decide about the future weather.

Now how much faith do you really have in them getting a story right???

 

[TR3driver]

Strangely enough, the NYT has no record of that article ...

/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif

 

[DougF]

I've seen a TR6 on the road in Punxsy, nice clean car. Wonder if it could be the same one since there couldn't be many in that area.
What year was the article printed?

 

[RonMacPherson]

Dale, you never ask "stupid" questions.

Bibber, I would find it interesting the details about the fatality.

40 mph in a 6, with seat belt on, unless rolled over, or collided with a large immovable object at that speed, should be a speed that can be controlled,slowing to a stop.

Reinforcement of the studs by larger studs, throughbolts or inserts would never demean the 6. Gotta remember that the LBC people made the mistake of instaling fine threads into aluminum. Early engineering, where they had not learned the error of their ways as far as long term reliability.

 

[BIBBER]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] 40 mph in a 6[/QUOTE]


yea...I guess that gave the joke away!!!

just teasing ya!!!!!!!!

 

[AltaKnight]

Sooooo, how much winter's left anyway?
My TR6 saw it's shadow today, or would have done if I could have coaxed it out of the garage into the 3 feet of snow we have around here.
Methinks there's a lot of winter waiting to go before driving season.

 

[Brosky]

I had a 30 mile run today in the TR6. Very cold due to clouds and high winds, but the heavy rain yesterday washed all of the salt off the roads.

I wish that it would warm up. I'd really like to clean up the car, but I'm not going to freeze to do it.

 

[Guest]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:] We'll all die of something some day, but I doubt that it will be trailing arm stud failure for most of us, no matter how hard we drive these cars.

Paul you guys must have not seen this yet .......

[/QUOTE]

Did he get killed today too?