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RE: TR6 Frame Strengthening...

To: "Kai M. Radicke" <kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu>, "Power British Performance Parts, Inc." <britcars@powerbritish.com>, "Triumphs" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR6 Frame Strengthening...
From: "Andy Dixon" <amdixon@erols.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 18:37:46 -0500charset="Windows-1252"
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There was a "Grassroots Motorsports" article that talked about strengthening
the frame. I believe if you go to their web site you can order reprints. If
not, If I can't find the reprints, I might let them out on a limited basis,
some items I don't care because I know they're not available, others,,,well,
I don't want to cut into their profits and I definitely don't want to be
reimbursing them. If it's 35 yrs old I really don't worry as it's out of
copyright.
Keep me posted.
Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kai M. Radicke
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 3:37 PM
To: Power British Performance Parts, Inc.; Triumphs
Subject: TR6 Frame Strengthening...



Brian @ Power British wrote:

> It is quite common for you to not be able to open the
> doors when the car is completely up on jackstands.
> The TR-6 is a notoriously flexible chassis and even
> beautiful, unmolested chassis are subject to the same
> condition you describe.  It will go back to the way it
> was when back on the ground without any fuss.  If you
> want to close the door completely, jack up from the
> rear of the car onto the cross-tube where the stud that
> holds the spare tire comes through.  Put a piece of
> wood on the jack to avoid damaging threads on the
> stud.

Is there any way to strengthen the TR4A / TR250 / TR6 chassis so it doesn't
flex and twist as much?  And I'm speaking of procedures that are short of
welding the doors shut Dukes of Hazzard style (although I thought about
that).

In extreme cases, upon landing of a TR6 back onto earth, the chassis will
flex so much that the upper tips of the doors will get creased and banged up
(ask me how I know).

CTM Engineering in the UK < http://ctmengineering.hypermart.net/ > lists a
reinforcing kit for the chassis, but without diagrams I am wondering what
areas it applies to.

Cheers,

--
Kai M. Radicke -- kradick1@ic3.ithaca.edu
'74 Triumph TR6 -- http://www.pil.net/~felix



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