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What's the hardest repair on a triumph?

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I have two nominations. First one is a clutch replacement on a TR7. It's an all day ordeal if your lucky. Motor sits too close to the firewall to get at the bell housing bolts. Shifter spring thingy always goes missing. Inevitably you will need to rebuild clutch slave, master, and shifter bushings. Lot's of skinned knuckles. Surprising, it's not nearly as bad on a TR8, especially one that has headers and a high torque starter. Second nomination is a gas tank on a TR8. Tank sits above the rear end and just fits into the space it occupies. You need to drop the rear end and at least one side of the dual exhaust before you even think about draining all of the gas. The TR7 tank is smaller and can slide out one side by lowering one half of the rear end.
 
Hardest repair on a Triumph?

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The first one...
 
:lol: "The Journey of a Thousand Miles..."
 
I don't know yet, but every time I mention that I"ll be replacing the Rotoflex couplings on the GT6, people get this strange smile and their eyes kinda glaze over a little. Can't wait.
 
BAH! Leave the bands in place and rig up a fixture to keep the shafts as "level" as possible (on disassembly, too) so there's minimal stress on the donuts as you place 'em. Torque the bolts and cut the bands last.

Just try and find true "Metalastic" ones, not the counterfeit cheapie version.
 
I am just to the point i drop the engine and cradle to do anything. clutch... drop the engine, take the heads off, drop the engine

I probably have it down to an hour
 
Maybe not the hardest thing you'll ever do on a TR6, but,at least to me, the most unexpectedly difficult was changing the fan belt.
 
After having done a total rebuild on my '73 TR6, I think the hardest job and the most frustrating (for me) was installing the inner and outer door weather seals. A royal PITA!!
Ahhhh.... I feel so much better that I got that out of my system :rolleyes:
 
Elliot that brings back some memories. Did you have that installation "tool" ?
 
I'll vote for separating the rear hubs on TR3/4/etc. Lots of theorys and techniques out there but a well stuck-on hub can seem invulnerable to anything less than a nuclear assault.

Really amazing considering the simple mechanics holding them in place... same as the stopper in a glass decanter (which can also get stuck pretty good).
 
Window adjustments.

May not be the hardest physically, but the most tedious and annoying repair so far.
 
But with a stopper you can apply both tension AND shear (twist) in measured degrees. With the hubs it's all about press tonnage. VERY scary!! :eeek:
 
Poolboy-
I actually made my own install tool and it wasn't very hard to do.
Just from writing this I am having a re-occurrence of PDWSI... Post Dramatic Weather Seal Install.
 
Wait, I have one more awful task on the TR6.... installing the pins behind the window and door handles.... :wall:
 
I've heard tell from a TR located well south of here that the hardest repair is ALL of them....well that and putting your ego back together from trying to do all those repairs.... :laugh:
 
"installing the pins behind the window and door handles.... "

Tweezers?
 
bgbassplyr said:
"installing the pins behind the window and door handles.... "

Tweezers?
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Yes, tweesers and a couple of cold ones.
It's the springs behind the panels that make it difficult.
 
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