TR2/3/3A TR3A Rear Axle Picture

[sp53]

I am not totally sure until I get home, but that does not look right. I think the E-brake is lower.

 

[startech47]

Don's pictures are correct. The wheel cylinders should be level with the bottom surface of the springs at the back edge of the u bolt mounting plate on both sides of the car. The emergency brake rods will be parallel with the ground and not bowed. If you need to take pictures of a car you can come by my house in Chantilly or I can send you some.

Phil

 

[martx-5]

I am not totally sure until I get home, but that does not look right. I think the E-brake is lower.

It isn't right. I just went out in the garage and looked. The E-brake has to be lower. The e-brake lever and cyl.inlet should pretty much split the leaf spring. The inlet just below, and the lever just above. As per Don's original photo.

 

[DNK]

The plates upside down or reversed if they won't go that way?

 

[startech47]

Correct sides, just clocked incorrectly.

 

[Stig]

Here is how mine came apart.

 

[TR3driver]

Had to think about it ... if the backing plates were on the wrong side, the e-brake levers would point the wrong way. They don't, so the plates are on the correct sides, just clocked wrong.

 

[CraigLandrum]

All fixed and brake cables are now parallel to the ground in the correct position. The cables had about an inch or so of slack after moving to the correct position so I cut off the adjustment bolt a bit on each cable so the slack is gone but the cables are not tight - hope that was OK to do. Couldn't see how the handbrake could get enough throw to activate the brakes otherwise. My cables now looks exactly like Stigs.

Here's a question - we bought a brand new handbrake cable assembly that runs from the diff to the handbrake. I've got it run through the frame and attached OK, but the cable came with a spring that was labeled "spring - cable to frame". I note from the pic above that Stigs cable bows towards the driveshaft while mine hugs the frame under the read shocks and just hangs loose between the points it goes through the frame and cable holders. I'm guessing that the spring holds the cable somewhere but can find no pics that show where it goes and the Stigs pic above doesn't show how the cable is routed or held on his car. Anyone have a clue about where that spring goes??

 

[Don Elliott]

The spring is attached to a tiny "ear" which has a tiny hole in it. This is horizontally welded to the frame (somewhere on the X frame) about half way along the free or sagging area and the spring pulls the sheath for the brake cable towards the center of the TR rather than have it sag down towards the ground where the cable might get snagged on a rock during a high speed rally on a rough road.

 

[TR3driver]

Always dangerous to argue with Don, but I think the tab is on the body rather than the frame. Wasn't sure, so I braved the spiders to take a shot of TS39781LO.