REAR WHEELS

[samuria]

my rear off side wheel is very near the wheel arch!!! yet the nearside one has a gap of 2 inches!!! what could it be [frame][/frame][frame][/frame]

[MarkyB]

I'd start by looking at where the back axle sits on the springs.
This part collects dirt and can rot away to nothing.

Broken spring perhaps?

How does it sit at the front?

[bmcecosse]

Do you mean vertically - or horizontally! You may notice that Minors ALWAYS have a driver onboard - and the driver sits, on the offside. Hence the suspension on that side takes more of a hammering than the nearside. Assuming no rot found - you could swap rear springs to even things out! But as suggested worth wondering if the car is low at the front on that side - and that is dragging the rear down too. You could trim the front up one spline and see what happens.

[samuria]

the front offside is the same? the springs are like new and no rot on or near rear axcel. it came to me after i posted this that the torsion bar on the offside could go up one spline which should even it all up!!! is this right

[bmcecosse]

That's what I suggested - give it a try! It's a 15 minute job. Ideally - the car should sit slightly high on the driver's side - so it sits level with driver aboard!

[samuria]

thanks roy, i give it a go at the weekend

[samuria]

help which way do i turn the lever on the rear end of torsion bar to raise it up one spline

[bmcecosse]

You don't! You move the lever on the front end of the bar - the thick suspension arm - downwards. ie You knock it back till it 'just' comes off the splines - move it down one spine - then knock it forwards on the splines again. I used to do it start of rallies - to raise the car if 'the word' was that rough roads lay ahead!

[samuria]

thanks roy , your a star