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griffipaul

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    NEWPORT S WALES
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    TRIUMPH TR6 1974
    TRIUMPH VITESSE 2.OL MK2 CONVERTIBLE 1970

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  1. bonjour Griffipaul 

    j'aimerais savoir le numéro de téléphone ou gsm de Chris (eurekatriumph)car j'ai payé un moteur et je n'ai plus de nouvelle de lui,l'adresse mail n'est plus valide!! que faire?

    cordialement, Franco

  2. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/766161318084967/ Met guy selling this at show today. Not connected to him or car at all we talked cos I was displaying a Vitesse. Selling because he is losing storage facilities. He wants the car to go to an enthusiast to get it as it should be. Described as a Rover because he reckoned he vould not get Faecesbook ( deliberate ) to accept Triumph. Comments on this fact are NOT required. So I said I would get into the Tssc arena. Could be the basis of a good car for someone. Any interest contact Mark Williams on 07964025172 NOT ME.
  3. The club cover was listed as suitable for both gt6 and vitesse till I bought mine a while back and complained that it did not fit. This is the same item as sold by Moss. to get it to fit I cut the raised flanges off the sides as they were way deeper than the seal height . The lever hole needs repositioning by cutting the aperature area offset by half the error and turning it round and aralditing in see attached photos.
  4. The original colour was called Ceramic I think ,
  5. Hammerite smooth silver is close , have done mine that colour it does not look wrong
  6. My Vitesse mk 2 has spacers on the stering arm I presumed they were to ensure cleaarance between the vertical link and the arm castings such that the machined faces clamped together.
  7. I bought a set of Tex blades and arms cannot remember if from club shop but they were absolutely useless. Complained to Tex at NEC show and they replaced them with ones that were just as useless . Looking for replacements so Pete's link info intrigued me as it lists flat screen and curved screen blade options so does a Herald / Vitesse use flat screen or curved screen blades , not knowingly come across this option before.
  8. Any one seen this happen before ? Car is vitesse mk 2 Failure is between rear mounting lugs. had a strange noise from rear for a while but not able to track it down , a road speed related metallic rubbing type noise was only with power on , nothing with power off but when on cusp between the two sounded like a tinkling bearing type noise . on a run yesterday when accelerating hard there was a load bang from the rear and power off noise was now evident much more prevalent than power on hard to describe but limped home and jacked car up on rear uprights to run with engine on to ascertain what noise was. Started engine put car in gear and raised revs a bit . Suddenly a horrible noise from the rear end , investigated to find a lake of black oil under the car and broken casing pieces. broken piece is 2.5 " x 12 approx looks like evidence of witness marks inside.
  9. RESULT - 150 mile run yesterday and still holding full torque.
  10. New nuts and washers arrived from Canley's , usual excellent service . comparison photo below , but detail is interesting. washer thickness existing = 4.98 , new Canleys = 3.8 , difference = 1.18 nut height existing = 14.47, new Canleys =14.0., difference = 0.47 but significant difference in nyloc position and depth by approx 1.5 mm so with canley set up i have additional 3.15 thread protrusion into the nyloc. as per my previous post I had considered really thin nylocs , but not sure that they would withstand torque applied With existing I can screw nut all the way with no prevailing torque , but with new set up I can feel nyloc resistance well before grounding. So I have torqued up new set up and see how we go Sunday. But I suspect the real issue is the shaft threads , Can someone confirm that shafts should be threaded to the end because both of mine are not . So I did not suspect anything wrong. I always wondered why the WSM said to protect the threads when removing hub , cos i dont have any on the end to damage I therefore suspect that over the yrs previous work has resulted in thread damage and they have been cleaned up to allow nut fitment and compromised the thread engagement. Can anybody confirm my suspicions below is previous photo I have of other side which is in similar condition but holds torque and as best I can get on the problem side without taking wheel off
  11. No sign of thread engagement with nyloc ring thread length is approx 11.25 giving approx 8 threads , washer does not look to be hardened and can be filed shows nut witness on one side and hub on other have taken a punt on Canley nuts and washers.
  12. Thanks Nick I ' ll bear that in mind
  13. Washers were replaced new when I first did the roto couplings a few yrs back , will check paperwork to see where they came from , probably Paddocks , suspect they are ok but will check them out just to be sure. Hopefully will get some nut dimensions from Canleys when they open Tuesday and go from there either with new nuts or Loctite . Have a good run scheduled for next Sunday so that will test it . Will keep torque wrench handy and check regularly. When i did the wheel studs this hub came off comparatively easy compared to the nearside , so perhaps splines are worn . New hubs are availlable but shafts are a bit more problematic in more ways than one.
  14. Thanks trigolf I suspected they were metric.
  15. Thanks Nick , interesting. Important to understand why something is happening before attempting to fix it. Initial investigation centred on suspect parts. Could this have been compounded by the fact that the two times I have had the hub off I did not mark the splines and replaced in a diferent orientation. Pete found stake nuts online but no evidence to say they are unf . Thanks for looking anyway , CDD CV shafts use a stake nut but do not advertise spares.
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