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- Sun Apr 06, 2025 11:05 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Front end rattle
- Replies: 31
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Re: Front end rattle
Had a similar rattle on mine for years - finally tracked down to wear between the splines on the torsion bar and arm. Even NOS arms were a "rattling good fit" on the torsion bar. Eventually found a good fit secondhand arm and it solved the problem
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 11:15 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Rack dampers
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1269
Re: Rack dampers
Couldn't find anyone with stock of the larger dampers so had the local machine shop make one from phospher bronze. Steering rack nice and tight now but my rattle turned out to be wear on the torsion bar splines.... No-one seems to have new torsion bars so rummaged through lots of secondhand ones unt...
- Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:12 pm
- Forum: Events
- Topic: Classic Car Rally
- Replies: 0
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- Sat May 16, 2020 10:50 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Mystery Wheel cylinder adjuster part
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1449
Re: Mystery Wheel cylinder adjuster part
When I fitted new wheel cylinders to my car (all 4 wheels) I found that I had to make spacers exactly like these. I think the new cylinders aren't exactly correct dimensionally so its either these spacers or try to find NOS cylinders. Guess the over-size adjusters may work as well but at £9 per adju...