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> From: JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: TR3 Windshield removal
> Date: Monday, August 11, 1997 8:02 AM
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> Can someone suggest a way to remove those four large slot-head
screws
> that hold the windshield assembly on a TR3? One came out extremely
> reluctantly, and the rest want to have their slots ruined.
> I have ground a big screwdriver such that it just fits the slots,
but
> they are so shallow that I can't get a good grip. Since the heads
are
> somewhat recessed, I can't cut the grooves deeper. I also can't see
a
> way to get at the back side in order to apply penetrating oil.
> Is there perhaps a way to drill the heads off without wrecking the
> frame? And if I did, would I be able to get the windshield off
anyway?
>
> TIA,
> Jim (all screws have Robertson heads) Wallace
> 60 TR3 TS81417
Jim-
As far as I recall there are 2 types of fasteners, the Dzus type and a
"regular" bolt style. One, or maybe both - I cannot recall, has a "dish"
shape to the slot in the head, that is, it is deeper in the center than at
the edges. You may want to grind a tool to fit, but all the fitting in the
world isn't gonna help if you cannot turn it. If you have the Dzus type
setup, you will have to attack it from the outside...plenty of penetrating
oil at the interface. If you have the "bolt" type setup, you can actually
get to the backside of the bolts. Reach up under the dash where you would
expect the bolts to come through the scuttle. At this point you will feel
an inner panel in the way, but if you reach higher up this panel you will
find that it ends abruptly and if you curl your fingers over the edge, you
can touch the bolts. Penetrating oil can now be applied to the backside of
the bolts and hopefully you can get them out. Grinding/drilling the heads
off may not allow enough room to remove the windshield stanchions as the
stanchions have to slide off past the inner mounting plates in the case of
the Dzus type, or past the body on the later setup. Although I have never
had to resort to such extremes, think about making a bit to fit one of the
impact drivers (one of the hold it tight, hit it with a hammer types).
Getting a bit glassy-eyed myself...
Nick in Nor Cal
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