Qu1ckn1ck
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Hi and welcome. Sorry, I can't help with any suggestion on a floppy accelerator. Nick
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Similar experience to Pete, having laid up many different roadster marques and models over winter and have never had problems with "stale" petrol. However, on several occasions have had to use a slave battery to start a laid up car and on the current GT6 the clutch stuck to the flywheel over the first winter we had her.
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With a new rear spring my rotoflex Mk3 was too high at the back so we fitted longer studs with a lowering block. The studs came from Canley but we had to use a die nut to extend the threads further down the studs as otherwise they would not clamp on the Mk3 spring.
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Sounds good. Welcome to Triumph ownership Paul ! Nick
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Hi and welcome Louis !
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Sounds an interesting project! Good luck!
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Have a great time !
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The interlock to stop your modern car being started unless the clutch is depressed is surely for safety in case some senile old buffer like me has left the car in gear.
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If you put the numbers into an ebay search they both appear to be currently on sale for Vitesse, GT6, 2.5PI ranges. AG 900 is listed as for flat heads but judging by the application dates quoted CG 902 should also be for flat head Triumph Sixes.
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I bought all five of the different thickness distance pieces plus several 0.003" shims prior to the work on my hub but at the end of the day we didn't use any of them. If anyone is desperate for a particular distance piece I can possibly help. Nick
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Just like the REME (Rough engineering made easy)
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A "Black Museum" of Triumph and disaster perhaps ....
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On close inspection the deformed washer working with the locknut had become a perfect "spinning" tool working on the splines at the flange end of the hub. The end of the hub splines had visibly spread to lock the hub and shaft tightly together. See attached pic between 9 and 12 o'clock !
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The offside didn't rock when Paul checked it on Saturday but I will have the wheel and drum off to see if that hub has also been fitted with the help of a sledge hammer.
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Actually it was not the previous owner of my car that was to blame in this instance. I bought the full assemblies pictured , advertised as refurbished, from Spitfire Graveyard this year. I doubt if the car has done 200 miles since they were installed. I might have a quiet word with S G but I guess caveat emptor will be the answer.
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... and here is the photographic evidence m'lud:
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Safely home with all four wheels rotating smoothly. Many thanks to Pete and Gully for their time and expertise. Thanks Gully for donating your spare hub and thanks also to Gill for supplying very welcome food and drink at appropriate moments.
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We're off to see the Wizard .....
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The more I see of Triumph's engineering design ......
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I have difficulty in vizualizing the GT6 Rotoflex hub bearings and spacer arrangement as my previous experience has been with much simpler live rear axles. I came to a similar conclusion to you, that the shimming probably needs to be reduced to put pre-load on the bearings.
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Hi Craig and welcome to the forum.
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Been on to rbmobile and he can supply spacers but at the moment I am not sure exactly what will be required until the hub is disassembled. Nick
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A large amount of play but no bearing rumble noticeable above the cars normal rattles and squeaks. The rotoflex were new banded and appeared fine when I bought the complete shaft, upright and brake assemblies recently as refurbished from an unfinished project. Nick
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Sounds like a plan, what is your poison ?
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I have excessive play in one rear hub even though the hub nut is tight to the correct torque so looking for advice. What hub puller is recommended and where is best place to borrow, steal or even buy it from? Who supplies the best quality bearings for the Rotoflex rear hub? I have a spare set of shafts, hubs and uprights - is it easier to remove the hub and set up new bearings on the spare set then swap with the assembly on the car ? I think that I will be bending Pete's ear at The Raven on Monday evening !
