Thanks Don!
I'll examine them closely.
And you just seperate them with a screwdriver right?
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Malling" <dmallin@attglobal.net>
To: "Paul Dorsey" <dorpaul@negia.net>
Cc: "triumph list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: grease seal replacement?
> Hi Paul,
>
> You might want to consider replacing the trunions after you have it apart.
If the TR3A trunion is
> similar to the TR250/TR6 trunions, they are brass and wear. My TR250 only
had 60K miles and I could
> notice a slight looseness in the trunion and vertical link after I had it
apart and cleaned the
> grease out of it. I bought new ones from TRF and they fit very nicely. No
looseness even dry.
>
> I would advise doing one side at a time, because it wasn't obvious, at
least not to me, how far to
> turn the trunion on. I compared the new side to the old other side (still
assembled) when I did
> mine. I think there are lots of other reasons to only do one side at a
time -- at least the first
> time around.
>
> Don Malling
>
> Paul Dorsey wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I wish to replace the trunnion grease seal located between the trunnion
and
> > the vertical link. Is there any problem in seperating these two parts
with a
> > hammer and screwdriver (after other necessary bolts have been removed)??
> > Thanks,
> > Paul Dorsey
> > 60TR3A
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