Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site pyramid.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!ihnp4!nsc!pyramid!cal From: cal@pyramid.UUCP (Craig Levin) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: TR7 suspension question Message-ID: <57@pyramid.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 23:17:49 EST Article-I.D.: pyramid.57 Posted: Thu Oct 31 23:17:49 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 07:27:03 EST References: <843@nmtvax.UUCP> Reply-To: cal@pyramid.UUCP (Craig Levin) Distribution: net Organization: Pyramid Technology, Mountain View, CA Lines: 22 > From: allan@nmtvax.UUCP > > I have a 1976 Triumph TR7 (California version) with front end problems. > Can anyone out there help me? Here is the problem: > > Initially, when driving the car and applying the brakes at speeds around 35 > and higher, the front end would shake terribly. I could feel the shaking > through the steering wheel and I could also feel the wheels shaking. > > Recently, the problem has gotten worse. When I drive the car into long turn > and occasionally when I am driving down the road between 40 and 60, the front > end shakes. > > I think that it is probably the struts, but I wanted some other opinions on > the matter. I had this problem with my '76 many years ago, it turned out to be a warped Disc Rotor. This can be checked by measureing the "Disc Runout". Replacement is about a 45 minute job, similar to greasing the internal front wheel bearings. Speaking of which, they might be the problem also. The rotor was not cheap, about $120, five years ago.