The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

Hi, the part circled in green is described as a ‘shim’ which implies to me that you can get these in different sizes to ‘shim up’ or ‘shim down’.

Any thoughts on this at all ?

A spacer, to take up manufacturing tolerances. Never seen a car fitted with one.

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Looks like it's inside the trailing arm, so it's not a shim, more of a washer to spread load. Not certain, but it rings a bell - I think I have them on my 1850. I'll have to check.
Also, didn't the early Sprints have a thicker rear bar? Maybe this was added to stop the extra loaf ripping the bolts out of arms, which is why it's not seen on many cars?

I noticed this too when I fitted the rear ARB to my 1300, as the trailing arms and bushes are flexible, I doubt it's to do with 'shimming up' but not knowing the thickness doesn't help. My only other thought, is that it may prevent fretting on the trailing arm.

Malcolm

I've fitted a couple of rear AR bars to cars that could have done with a bit of spacing. But meh! The bar stretches when bolted up tight!

Like the other sages above, i've never actually SEEN one of these shims in service on a car. I do tend to fit a large penny washer inside the trailing arm rather than the standard small one, but that's just me being me! I've never seen a bolt pull through either!

Steve

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Hi

As Steve says, I fitted as large penny washer in the trailing arm to spread the load one my 1975 1500TC. Also I would have struggled to fit a shim as it was tight, but that could be the many layers of Hammerite!

https://forum.triumphdolomite.co.uk/vie ... =4&t=36918

Regards

Barry

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There were certainly NO shims or spacers on the Triumph Dolomite Sprint from which I salvaged a rear anti-roll bar in mid-1982 for my 1974 Triumph Toledo 1300.

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