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Dear Listers - I write this just a cautionary note to any who may be contemplating putting a new throw out bearing in their TR6 while they are doing the clutch. We did a restoration on a 73 TR6 last fall and at that time put in a new clutch and throw out bearing supplied by Victoria British. The throw out bearing came in a clear plastic bag with no indication of manufacturer. When our customer had less than 500 miles on the car the bearing became very noisy and we replaced it this spring with another bearing that again was supplied by VB and came in the same clear plastic bag.
On Monday, the car will be back again and we will be putting in another throw out bearing from a different supplier. We checked the cross shaft bushings the last time the job was done, and that is not the problem - they are defective bearings. This time the bearing packed it in after only a couple of hundred miles.
I have no doubt that VB will stand good on the two bearings that were defective, but as you must realize, this job is labour intensive and it rankles me that we have to go through the whole exercise three times to effect a proper repair.
Be warned!
Cheers,
Len Drake
Kelowna, B.C.
Date: Thu, 7 May 1998 16:29:03 -0500
From: "Bob Kramer"
Subject: Re: TR6 VB Throw Out Bearings
I recently looked at the part number stamped on the VB supplied bearing I had to buy (Moss and TRF B/O). The part was the same as the Quinten Hazell one I was removing. I hesitated to replace a working T-O bearing with a new one, but took the risk. Seems that Q-H crap is now showing up unmarked. I thought the FDA required hazardous warning labels on items that were bad for our health.
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6x3, TR250 x3, TR3A vintage race
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