Re: [ST] Re: st-digest V2002 #275

["ASHLEY BENNETT" <spondon955@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

They were great tours weren't they ? We did ours the day they put the first
of the new generation 595's along the production line.
Ashley
>
> All Triumph crankshafts are made from flat blanks that are heated and
> twisted to the required 120 degree angle (just as they were for the
1969-75
> Tridents). After the journals are ground, the crankshafts are plasma
> nitrided to surface harden them. When Triumph did factory tours, Rob, the
> guide, used to say that only Triumph, Porsche and Mercedes use this
technique.
>
>
> At 08:18 AM 16/05/02 -0600, Lex wrote:
> >possibly due to costs.  Cast is less costly than forged.
>
> Sheep Dawg & Old Shep
> Vancouver, BC
> www.smith.bc.ca
>
>
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