Thanks for the picture. I have put the spring on in said fashion and it looks as though its not get enough tension so some tweeking will be required. It studying the parts page to see what shape the spring should actually be I notices mention of washers for the anchor pin. This now has me troubled because I don't have any washers. I've uploaded the parts plate. #X568 is anchor pin plain washer (X4) X566 is shoe anchor pin plain washer (X8). My guess is that there is a plain washer against the back plate and between the shoes and then one under the anchor pin cir clip (#7191). I do'nt know how thick each wasjer should be but the anchor pin is about 0.86" so I can work out he inner diameter sand probably the outer diameter too. Would yo uagree with my proposal for where the washers go?
I read with great interest your post on your restoration. It will be very valuable as I do not have a body for my 1936 Triumph Gloria. I think it is politely called a special. I have tried to download the comments so I can study them later.
My project came to me via my mentor who when I started teaching took me under his wing. It was a chassis only at the back of the workshop when I arrived at the school in 1976. Over the years although I moved schools and counties I helped in buying, transporting, repairing and making parts for Gloria. When he died I bought the project from his estate. I am basically putting together a jigsaw without all the parts and no picture. I bought another Triumph, a 1934 Gloria saloon a couple of years ago that is in a very bad way but I hoped it would provide a source of information and perhaps some parts. It turns out that there is a world of difference between 1934 and 1936 Triumphs.