Triumph TR6 PI Operation Manual page 301

PROPELLER SHAFT
- Remove and refit
47.15.01
PROPELLER SHAFf
3.6
Removing
I. Place the car on a ramp or over a pit.
2. Remove the exhaust system 30.10.01, with the
exception of the front pipes.
3. Mark for reassembly the relationship of the gearbox
driving flange to the universal joint flange and remove
the four securing nuts and bolts.
4. Mark for reassembly as in instruction 3 and remove
the four nuts and bolts securing the rear end of the
propeller shaft to the final drive flange and pull the
propeller shaft forwards and downwards.
Refitting
5. Offer up the propeller shaft to the final drive flange
so that the identification marks line up and secure in
position usin.g new nyloc nuts. Tighten the nuts and
bolts to 26 to 34 Ibf ft (3'6 to 4·7 kgf m).
6. Offer up the propeller shaft to the gearbox flange so
that the bolt holes line up and the identification
marks coincide. Fit the bolts with new nyloc nuts
and tighten as in instruction 5.
7. Reverse instructions I and 2.
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Triumph TR6 Manual. Part No. 545277 Issue 1 47.15.0r