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Rocker spindle bodge
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The following 4 pictures are from a 1971 T120 frame - came in for oil leaks! Frame had been bent/broken in several places - steering stop had been badly welded back in place(nearly). It just dropped off!!!!!!!
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The locking ring catching the brake plate - from the same 1971 T120
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Exhaust camshaft bush from a recently rebuilt engine!!!!!!!!!!! Dont think so
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Not seen this before in all my years - Paint just peeling off a repaired/painted 1968 Triumph peanut tank.
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Apocalyptic seizure - from a 1966 T120C
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Removed from a 1963 T120R that had undergone a full rebuild - 76 miles on the clock!!!!!!!!!!! The following picture is from the same bike!!!!!!!!!
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From a 1967 TR6C
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In for a noisy engine - Camshaft nut loose - cam moving sideways whilst on the run!!!!!!
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Link plate missing from a running bike!!!!!
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Layshaft Torrington moved sideways!!!!!
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How did the clutch plates disengage!!!!!
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Why???????
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Oil ring broken up!!!!!
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Rather large piston ring gap!!!!!!!!!!
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Another example of a so called Triumph experts workmanship !!!!!!!
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Keep those rear chain tensioned or this may be the outcome!!!!!
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Found in the crankcase of a 1963 TR6SS during an engine tear down!!!!!
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From a recently rebuilt TR6!!!!!!!!
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Front hub from a 1967 TT - The bike had been rebuilt by another one of those cowboys out there.......
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3 holes drilled in case, upgrade to 70s breather spec - but he left the oil seal in the case!!!!!!!!
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Same cowboy
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And again
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Crank taken from a running 1968 T120R - one of the flywheel bolts had been replaced by a metric bolt!!! A further flywheel bolt had snapped and left in place!!!! How did it not fall out and into the engine???
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Piston ring taken from a 1981 Triumph TR7 Tiger - Approx 1" missing from the ring (lower picture), no damage to the bore - it must have been in this condition since manufacture at Meriden - the end shows its in this condition for a long time !!!!!!
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Lower yoke H1577 from a 1964 TR6SC !!!!
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Oil seal fitted and the wrong way around on a 1970 T120R. The engine should breath through this bearing from 1970 on - how can a builder make this mistake?
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Oil seal now removed to allow the motor to breath
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Someone needs glasses - gasket upside down
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Primary chain snapped damage !!! Don't use a split link
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Taken from a running 1965 T120C
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From the same T120C - the kick start worked, bend was from outside the gearbox outer cover
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Again from the same T120C - - wonder what hit it?
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Some fuse !!!!
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From a 1966 T120R - wouldn't change gear correctly
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Side stand lug broken off - see this many times
How not to install rocker spindles!
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They say water gets into the forks, freezes overnight in the desert and splits the tubing!!!
3 inch tappets fitted to this machine, they forgot to enlarge the hole for the extra length tappet, hence the grooved case and camshaft bush
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Damaged scavenge tube removed
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Scavenge tube dented which may allow air to enter
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Screwdriver or similar used to pry the barrel off!!!
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Plug left out for many years - dirt/sand etc entered and formed the dome of the head
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Fork stanchion bush retaining nut was not tensioned correctly!!!!!
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High gear bearing housing cracked
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MRJA 1 1/8" roller bearing, crank ground down and sleeve added at some point in the past - sleeve jammed in the bearing, what a mess!!!!!
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1964 T120R - Crank been standing in a 3/4 full sump of water for ????many years
Crank removed from the cases - note the front mouth screw had been sawn off at some point in the past, left a gap between the cases
Gap between the cases where the screw had been cut in half!!!!
Crank timing side had been bashed at some point, left the quill mushroomed - can only assume this was caused by hitting the quill with a large object to remove the crank from the bearing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ANIMALS
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1969 Fork leg ( 6 3/4" yoke centres) fitted to a 1964 ( 6 1/2" yoke centres) !!!
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From a 1964 T120R
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High gear bush, taken from a running engine!!!!!! (T120R)
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1967 TR6SC cylinder head - plug left out for many years - piston seized in barrel
The owner of this 1965 T120 said he couldn't get any gears Hmm...................
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Tappet adjuster came loose...........(T120R)
2 Clutch plates missing (T140V)
Main shaft keyway+ taper destroyed (T140V)
Split link fitted to Triplex primary!!!!!!!!!!! (T140V)
3/8" Ball Bearing rolling around the gearbox outer cover!!! (T140V)
Large nut found laying in the gearbox.....awaiting disaster!!!!!! (T140V)
How not to install a sludge trap!!!! This is from a 62 T100, the installer didn't push the trap fully home to allow the fly wheel bolt peg insertion - the bung couldn't be tensioned fully level with the crank - they then ground the bung level!!!!!!!! Animals
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1960 Triumph 3TA piston........strange ring set up, top corner of piston disappeared
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This pump had been fitted to a 650 engine with the protection sticker still in place!!!!!!! Lucky they never started the engine
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Crank from the same T120 oil pump pic, to be sleeved then ground back to size
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Further pics from the T120, cross threaded sump plug thread
Circlip missing from the layshaft, again from the above T120 pics - the person who carried out this work requires naming and shaming
Brake drum cracked.
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Further picture showing the extent of the cracked brake drum, crack extended over the brake shoe surface
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Brake plate torque arm attachment position - Metric nut had been rived on !!!!!!!
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Piston ring gap of .035" - Should be .014" - Taken from a BSA A65
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The following 8 pictures are from a recently rebuilt 1965 T120TT by some person in the UK . I have been handed the bike to carry rectificatations
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Shims found in the lower yokes, yoke bores oversize ,could not be clamped without the shims!!!!!!!!!
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The following 12 pictures are from a 1938 Triumph 5T in for rebuild............
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Camshaft from a rebuilt 1967 T120TT
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Hi gear from a rebuilt 1967 T120TT !!!!!!!!!
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Rocker arm in a rebuilt1967 T120TT!!!!!!
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1957 BSA A7 - Engine just in for rebuild - Araldite or similar repair had been carried out to the internal part of the crankcase many years ago!!!! - Beggars belief.
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Slight tap and the repair fell apart - a bolt had been added to hold the repair in place!!!!!!!
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BSA A7 - Gearbox face totally destroyed - How can this have been so defaced, and how was it sealed????
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I guess they must have used a lot of selant and a very thick gasket paper!!!!!!!!
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