Re: TC Rear Shock mounts & diff.

[Neil Nelson]

If you have not pulled the pinion assembly on your rear end you might want to do so. The double ball race pinion shaft bearing is a very weak point in the TC rear end. Every one of them I have pulled has come out in pieces. This has been written up and discussed here on the TABC group. I'm not sure if there is anything in the tech files on this. Someone will probably know from memory. Neil TC 0526 -----Original Message----- From: Want1937hd@aol.com [mailto:Want1937hd@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:37 AM To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mg-tabc] TC Rear Shock mounts My TC-4946 has been off the road since 1961, and I'm continuing the disassembly. Everything has looked fine up till now. The tub came off over the weekend, and the reason for the missing right rear shock is evident. At some point the car went offroading and hit something . This tore the right shock mount off the car and bent the flat plate that connects the two. The rear tube crossmenber has a bit of a bend as well. Has anyone parted out a TC chassis? I'd like an original shock mount and right rear shock. Are TC's noted for leaking lube from the rears? I removed most of it and have an almost new looking axle housing, shinny paint and all. Let's hope the internals are the same. Bob TC4946 Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Neil Nelson]

Terry, The bearing closest to the prop shaft flange is supposed to be a double row bearing. (Item 27 page 80 Moss T type catalog.) If your front bearing is a single row it has been replaced at some time in the cars history. I have no experience to draw on as far as replacing the double row with a single row bearing. Maybe someone on the TABC net can shed some light on whether this is an acceptable change. If not, I would order the proper double row bearing and replace the single one. I am going to copy the TABC group on this to see if anyone else can help. How about it group? Anyone have any thoughts on this? Neil Nelson TC 0526 -----Original Message----- From: avanparys@viperlink.net [mailto:avanparys@viperlink.net] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 3:52 PM To: Neil Nelson Subject: Re: TC Rear Shock mounts & diff. Neil, I (obviously mistakenly) thought that it was the singe row (closest to the prop shaft) that was the weak bearing set in the carrier. I had just put the carrier back in when the threads started on this quite a number of months ago. At the time, I took everything apart again after I read the threads (since I had the frame open) and inspected the single bearing, only to find that a PO had already installed a new steel set at that position. Haven't progressed much since that time since my project is in storage pending completion of move (per job relocation). Suppose I need to go back in again if I have the original and pull the pinion shaft out to look at the double- set bearings once I get the TC back? Terry V.P. TC 3452

--- In mg-tabc@y..., "Neil Nelson" wrote: > If you have not pulled the pinion assembly on your rear end you might want > to do so. The double ball race pinion shaft bearing is a very weak point in > the TC rear end. Every one of them I have pulled has come out in pieces. > This has been written up and discussed here on the TABC group. I'm not sure > if there is anything in the tech files on this. Someone will probably know > from memory. > Neil > TC 0526 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Want1937hd@a... [mailto:Want1937hd@a...] > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:37 AM > To: mg-tabc@y... > Subject: [mg-tabc] TC Rear Shock mounts > > My TC-4946 has been off the road since 1961, and I'm continuing the > disassembly. Everything has looked fine up till now. The tub came off over > the weekend, and the reason for the missing right rear shock is evident. At > some point the car went offroading and hit something . This tore the right > shock mount off the car and bent the flat plate that connects the two. The > rear tube crossmenber has a bit of a bend as well. Has anyone parted out a > TC > chassis? I'd like an original shock mount and right rear shock. Are TC's > noted for leaking lube from the rears? I removed most of it and have an > almost new looking axle housing, shinny paint and all. Let's hope the > internals are the same. Bob TC4946 > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/