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RE: TR6 Front Stub Axle don't fit

Subject: RE: TR6 Front Stub Axle don't fit
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:11:52 -0700
Cc: "Triumph List" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> I'll bet that the supplier ground the stubs to the finished
> dimension, then sent the parts out for heat treat, without further
> finish grinding. I've seen machinists kick themselves for doing the
> same thing.

As well they should.  Even my 1917 text on machining techniques says that
finish grinding must come after heat treating.

Randall





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