Triumph TR4A - Change Engine Oil; Brakes Adjustment

ROUTINE
SERVICING
Chanse
Engine
Oil
Fir aueiase
driving
conditions
drain
and
re6ll
the oil
sumP
with rhe
appr-opriate
g-rade
of oil
at the
end of
each 6.000
mile
oeriod.
ieduci
this
period
for the
lollolling
unfavourable
conditions:
(a)
Frequent
stoP/start
driving.
iur
sttoi,
iourneys
during
cold
weather.
esPecially
when
appreciable
engine
idling
is involved.
(c)
R1'gular
use
ofroads
producing
extreme
dust'
If the
vehicle
is used
for competition
or
sustained
high
speed
work.
use
of
higher
viscosity oils
is
advised
because
of
the
increased
ojl
teriperature.
Additives
which dilute
the
oil or
imoair
its efficieniy
must
not
be used.
The
sump
drain plug
is
shown
arrowed,
Fig.
17.
Brake
Pipes
Chec{
for
leakage
and
for clearance
to
Prevent
their
chafing
Front
Brake
Adiustment
The
disc
brakes,
fitted
to
the front
wheels
are self-adjusting
and
need
replacement
shoe
Pads
when
the
linings are
reduced
to approximately *"
thickness.
Rear
Bmke
Adiustment
(Fig. 18)
Each
rear
brike
is
provid;d with
a small
adjusler.
(
l).
which is
accessible
when
the road
wheel
is removed.
To adjust
the shoes,
turn
the adiuster
clockwise
until
the shoes
are
hard against
the
drum;
then"slacken
the adjuster
by
one
notch
increments
until
the
drum
is free
to
rotate.
Handbrake
Adiustment
Adiustmeni
of
the rear
brake
shocs
auromatically
re-adjusts
the ha;dbrake
mechanism.
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