to all by the subject title you might guess my problem.
doors that are very hard to open.
Last winter I had my car up on stands while I totally redid the
suspension front and back. When I did the rear suspension I placed the
stands well back of the rear wheels so I had elbow room. When I did the
front, they where placed about the rear of the engine.
Gee if I had only known!!!!!
Okay now what do I do so the bloody doors open normally or the frame is
is reset. take it to a body shop who will put it on one of
those stands and . . . . . . . (ugh)
thanks
Gary Oehrle
> From triumphs-owner@autox.team.net Fri Nov 8 12:44:14 1996
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> Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 10:34:02 -0500
> From: Ken Streeter <streeter@sanders.com>
> To: Barry Schwartz <Bschwartz@encad.com>
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TR6 frame flex
>
> > > ... ANY TR6 with jack stands behind front wheels and rear wheels
> > > on the ground will flex more than enough to keep the doors from working...
>
> > Sorry, my abysmal ignorance showing again. I was basing this on my
> > experiance with Spitfire/GT6 frame/bodys. I just assumed the same was true
> > for TR's. You can jack up one corrner of a good Spitfire or especially a
> > GT6, and still be able to open the doors...
>
> Basically, with a TR6, it all depends on *WHERE* the jackstand is
> placed.
>
> If the stands are placed directly behind the front wheels (essentially
> just ahead of the doors), the frame *will* flex enough to keep the doors
> from opening. This is because most of the weight of the engine is ahead
> of the jackstands, and flexes the frame.
>
> If instead, the jackstands are placed near the frame's forward cross
> member (immediately in front of where the front suspension mounts to the
> frame), the support will be more similar to the support provided by the
> car's suspension, and the doors will still open just fine. The only
> drawback to this is that the jackstands are more towards the middle of
> the car, and there is a greater possibility that the car may get knocked
> off the jackstands. Having the jackstands in this position also puts
> them more in the way of working underneath the engine.
>
> If one plans to put a TR6 up on jackstands for winter storage, I
> would suggest putting the front pair of jackstands near the
> forward crossmember, and the rear pair on the diagonal frame rails
> where the trailing arms mount, just outboard of the outer trailing arm
> mount. (Assuming, of course, that your frame is solid right there --
> that's one of the first spots where the TR4A-TR6 frame rusts...)
>
> Putting the jackstands in those points should allow the doors to be
> freely
> opened, so that you can get in/out of the car for maintenance tasks...
>
> --ken
> '74 TR6 Daily Driver
>
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