Morris Minor Owners Club

I have the rubber boots for the end bearings, but have not fitted them for the set up or pictures. They look more trick without. These parts are not very expensive and can be quickly replaced if they get clonkey. I have used the biggest that will fit and keep the correct torsion bar axis, so that sh...

Though easy to do putting spacers behind the eye bolts causes misalignment problems with the torsion bar and tie rod bushes. Pulling the suspension outer end forward to its correct position puts extra load on the tie rod bushes and eye bolt bushes. Stronger tie rod bushes reduce suspension movement ...

Thank you for pointing that out. A bugbear of mine is suspension articulation. All the bits that should move should and the springing and damping is done by the springs and dampers, not by the joints binding. That puts twisting and bending loads on parts that should not be twisted or bent. In my opi...

Les,
just what I wanted. Now to work out the geometry and lengths.
Thank you,
John of Abingdon

Marky B, Thank you for your reply. The tail happiness (sounds like a puppy) is one of the reasons I will need to nail the rear down a bit. The coil overs are adjustable for height as will be (within limits) the various axle locating arms. Rear springs are obviously interchangeable and from the vario...

I am rebuilding and changing my rear suspension to coil over dampers and need to know the rear ride height. This is for a LCV pickup but the van would be the same. Measurement from ground to top of opening in rear wheel arch and diameter of rear wheel and tyre. With the axle position sorted I can th...