[Fot] TR6 Transmission

[John Styduhar]

Yes, the repro TR6 lower trunnions are crap.  I got mine from BPNW. Never
again.
 I'm glad I was able to score a nice set of OEM pieces from Ed Barnard on
ebay.

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Greg And Alison Blake via Fot <
fot at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I just pulled one of those crappy repro parts out of Dave Foremans WRL
> TR6. The trunnion was shot after 4 endurance races. Garbage.
>
>
>
> On May 24, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Bill Tobin via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> So what can you tell me about the trunnions? The good, the bad, or the
> ugly.
> Thanks, Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Yellow04 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> *To:* Amici Triumphi <fot at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 24, 2015 8:52 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Fot] TR6 Transmission
>
>  I will always look for a good, used OEM part before putting in the
> reproduction garbage on the market today. Don't get me started on TR6
> trunnions!
> Sent from Nine <http://www.9folders.com/>
>
> *From:* Terry Stetler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* May 23, 2015 9:22 PM
> *To:* fubog1;charly at mitchelplumbing.com;william.tobin31 at verizon.net;
> awashatko at wi.rr.com;fot at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Fot] TR6 Transmission
>
>  I'll agree with you all the way on this Glen.
>
> That said we are approaching a point, sadly, where certain new replacement
> parts are of such dubious quality, that I am wondering how we can move
> forward.
>
> TR3 steering box parts come to mind.
>
> Terry Stetler.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* fubog1 via Fot <fot at autox.team.net>
> *To:* charly at mitchelplumbing.com ; william.tobin31 at verizon.net ;
> awashatko at wi.rr.com ; fot at autox.team.net
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 20, 2015 1:58 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Fot] TR6 Transmission
>
> My point is in regard to Vintage, not to SCCA or any other Club Rules, I
> should make that clear, and also that I see hub/axle mods purely for safety
> reasons, and fully support the use of those upgrades.
> I just think that in Vintage we should stick with stock-based Triumph
> components re mechanicals, that's part of the challenge, but I will concede
> that availability of decent used cores, and lack of available new parts, is
> becoming an issue in some cases.
> Glen Efinger
>
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