I know we're way beyond that now, but I feel I owe JoeTR6 an apology. He stated that the trunnion angled back and I stated that it was the upright that gave it the caster. He is right, the caster (3 degrees, by the way) is in the brass trunnion. I should have known better than to disagree with anyone with "TR6" in their on-line name!
In reply to Stu Lasswell :
There's so many things I don't know here, Stu. I feel like every step of the way is an education. I'm sure Joe will forgive you your transgressions. Or if you find a bag of flaming dog E36 M3 on your porch, you'll know where it came from.
I actually took this picture last month of my right-hand trunnion and never got around to posting it. The caster angle is pretty obvious when you're looking for it!
Got a little time this afternoon to adjust hub bearing preload, get the bearings packed with grease, and the whole assemblies torqued up and finished. Everything went together perfectly.
Inner bearing packed and grease seal tapped in:
Mounted and torqued down:
Cap tapped on:
And, everything on the back side got torque-stripe:
That's it for today!
Stu Lasswell said:I know we're way beyond that now, but I feel I owe JoeTR6 an apology. He stated that the trunnion angled back and I stated that it was the upright that gave it the caster. He is right, the caster (3 degrees, by the way) is in the brass trunnion. I should have known better than to disagree with anyone with "TR6" in their on-line name!
No worries. I was back east visiting family last week and didn't get anywhere near your porch with a bag of poo. 
I just want to see these cars come back to life better than ever.
I'm really frustrated. Turns out the fine folks at Superflex sold me the wrong size bushings.
That ain't gonna berkeleying-fit:
It's a solid 3/16" too wide.
I actually can squeeze it in there, but I doubt that kind of press fit is what I'm looking for.
Would appear Superflex has three different sets of bushings, and the catalog does not have complete dimensions of any of them. So I asked them which ones I needed and they gave me the wrong answer. Been in contact. Hopefully they'll do the right thing and send me the correct parts.
Speaking of UK suppliers, my REPLACEMENT expensive-studs from Race Tech seem to have gone entirely missing in the USPS system. They left LA on July 25th and have yet to reappear.
Ok, I need to get up and do something productive. Stewing in anger is not going to get me anywhere.
In reply to TVR Scott (Forum Supporter) :
This suspension refresh has you bushed.
In reply to Scotty Con Queso :
Give a pun, take a pun. That's where we're at.
My awesome drawing to Super-Flex because apparently we're divided by a common language.
In reply to TVR Scott (Forum Supporter) :
I don't know, Scott, my bushings seemed to be about the same thickness in the collar, although of course mine were the one-piece type. I really had to smack them with a rubber mallet to get them in place... and they do seem to bind even without the nuts drawn tight. I just figured that's the way they're supposed to go, and the distancing piece (crush tube?) inside would be the determining factor when tightened fully. The polyurethane will compress a fair bit. I suppose you could shave the collars down some too.
In reply to Stu Lasswell :
That was my experience, as well, when I installed the suspension bushings.
SuperFlex (blue)
SPF0731/19 -3/4" Front Anti Roll Bar to Body Bush-2 req
SPF0288* - Front & Rear Wishbone Cotton Reel Bush & Stainless Steel -uses 24 per car
SPF0941 Steering Rack Mount Bush
Prothane (red)
Part Number: 2745096 (Triumph TR6 Front Lower Inner Control Arm Bushings)
Maybe I am supposed to smash these bushings into place. If that's the case, then they're perfect!
In other news, I went all Texas-Chainsaw-Massacre on the rear Lower Control Arms today. As they say, "Cracked metal ain't going to fix itself. " They do say that, right?
I ground down the bad welds on the good arm, and rewelded them. No pics. I then fitted up some gussets to give it a bit more support:
That should hold it for a day or two.
Then on to the other side with this doozy:
Let's see what that looks like on the inside:
Yup, still cracked on the inside.
So obviously to all reading (all three of you) I decided to replace that tube. Rough cut:
That's not a good picture. My apologies.
Here's one side ground down and ready for a new tube:
I swear I had every hand-held metal-removing device in my possession plugged in and out on the bench today. So many cords and hoses. I wouldn't have been surprised to see a leather belt running from a shaft on the ceiling.
Fitted and ready:
I'll buzz it in tomorrow. Or not. It's a marathon, not a sprint. It's a better evening that it was a morning. Peace, friends.
I have thought recently about leather belt lathes. Funny that there's two of us!
In reply to Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) :
They turn up in my saved CL lathe search more often than I'd expect. There's "good, solid, old stuff" and then there's that...
I'm irrationally happy that you all liked my reference to steam-driven shaft-drive machine tools.
TVR Scott (Forum Supporter) said:I'm irrationally happy that you all liked my reference to steam-driven shaft-drive machine tools.
If that's what you've got, run with it. Belt driven machinery kicked off the Industrial Age. Just don't get hung up in the drive belt.
Also, there are at least 4 of us folllowing along.
In reply to Recon1342 :
I'm glad you got better. I'm older than you so the Rona scares me.
At least 4 of us reading.
In reply to TVR Scott (Forum Supporter) :
Thank you.
NOHOME said:At least 4 of us reading.
There really are four of you. Who knew?
Hell, stu joined the forum because of you. So, five or six at least!
Dusterbd13-michael (Forum Supporter) said:Hell, stu joined the forum because of you. So, five or six at least!
I make at least 7.
Definitely 8 peo0ple watching this
Where else would we get our welding porn?
I'm not certain what to think of those bushings. I have poly bushes in my TR6 and Miata, and both required a little compression. But not *that* much.
Talking with the Super-Flex people this morning. Evidently they don't have an exact match for my needs.
They said I can grind down my existing bushings on a lathe with a toolpost grinder. Good thing I have a lathe and a toolpost grinder.
*at least 9.
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