panamericano Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 Help! Below are some photos of the front suspension. I need new ball joints. Tom has the uppers, but we can't ID the lower. The up-right appears to be Triumph trunnion, so I sent the photos to Moss Motors, figuring they know all things Triumph. They said that at first glance the up-right looks like Spitfire, but then decided it isn't. In the end, they say they don't have what I need. Any ideas? This a 1986-1989(?) Birkin. Thanks for any leads.
7Westfield Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 It looks like a Herald/GT6 upright. Everyone thinks they are the same as Spitfire, but they're not. According to Moss, the same lower trunion serves both. So, a pair of trunions 661-445 and 661-455, and 2 bushing kits 661-485 should fix you up
MV8 Posted April 17, 2022 Posted April 17, 2022 +1. The caliper bracket as a bolt-on to the upright is the most obvious thing to me imho. I have spitfire and gt6 uprights in front of me (currently restoring a spitfire with modern bits) but you can compare the diagrams on the Moss Motors site under the "front suspension" section.
panamericano Posted April 18, 2022 Author Posted April 18, 2022 Thanks, guys. At last, people that know their sluff better than Moss.
7Westfield Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 I've always found MM very helpful. As opposed to Victoria British, who were real idiots
wemtd Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 Check with Dr Hasegawa. Iirc he did some major maintenance about 8 years ago. Also if you can track down whoever has the yahoo forum archive?
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