Mount the gear box to the engine and you will have front and rear mounts to
align and steady the installation, been ther etc....
Bob Roberts
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
To: "triumph list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:01 PM
Subject: RE: TR3 order of assembly
>> I know there are different orders of assembly. Why shouldn't I follow
>> this
>> one:
>> 1. mount the gearbox to the prepared frame
>> 2. mount the engine to the prepared frame & gearbox.
>
> Its awkward as all-get-out. The frame will not support the gearbox,
> you'll have
> to support it separately, and I don't believe the engine will slide into
> place
> unless the front of the gearbox is tilted up and the whole operation done
> on an
> angle. It's also a fairly critical operation mating the engine to the
> gearbox,
> as the input shaft needs to be turned to go through the clutch plate, and
> must
> be at just the right angle to hit the pilot bearing. Kind of tough to do
> with
> the engine twirling on the end of a hoist.
>
> Much better, IMO, to mate the gearbox to the engine and then lower them
> onto the
> frame as an assembly.
>
>> 3. mount the tub to the prepared frame, gearbox & engine.
>
> No reason at all, that's what the factory did.
>
> Randall
>
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