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RE: TR6 ring gear question

To: "Triumph Team. Net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: TR6 ring gear question
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 19:22:32 -0800
> Interesting...TR2 and early TR3 ring gears were shrunk on. Late TR3 -TR4A
> were held on by 6 - 5/16 bolts. Wonder why they went to holding
> them on with
> bolts, Hmmm...

I believe it's because of exactly the problem Ashford is having, the gears
would sometimes move as a result of the pinion bashing into them when the
engine was started.  Just one more example of a problem that was solved on
the TR3, and reintroduced on the TR5/6 !

Randall

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