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Re: Main Bearing Question

To: sknight@ftsinc.com
Subject: Re: Main Bearing Question
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 1:38:07 PM+0800
Cc: "List Triumph" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Delivery-date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:38:38 -0800
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Hi Pete
To the best of my recollections all the Triumph engines I have worked on
came with the tags on the same side. My experiences come from Heralds,
Dolomites, 2000 and 2500.

Graham.

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From: Peter Innocenti <pinno@bigfoot.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 4:40 AM
Subject: Main Bearing Question


>
> Hi All,
>    Well, I just finished installing some new thrust washers on the
> TR6. Wasn't really too hard, a pleasant surprise. I got something
> that's baffling me though... When I was putting on the main bearing
> cap I noticed that the two tabs on the lower bearing were going to
> line up with the two tabs on the upper bearing. This seems strange
> to me since all my other experiences tell me that the tabs should
> be on the opposite sides of each other. The bearing cap wasn't
> backwards because the number stamped on it lined up with all the
> other numbers on other bearing caps. Has anyone else seen this??
> It's really bugging me, almost to the point of taking it apart again.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pete Innocenti
> 74 TR6




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