Juddering when reversing and pulling away in 1st

[IslipMinor]

James,

As Roy says, they are not supposed to be tight as such, and it is quite common for the engine bay tie bar to become disconnected from the bulkhead altogether! The bracket bolted to the bulkhead either breaks or the mounting suffers from corrosion.

The tie bar was introduced to reduce/eliminate clutch judder and the BMC manual says that the tie bar rubbers should not be 'unduly compressed' - not defined!! It is supposed to control any radial engine movement, but not to force it into position.

The steady cable adjustment process is not a lot clearer - 'the cable should be tensioned so as just to prevent any forward movement of the power unit relative to the chassis.' And then a comment about 'do not impose too great a tension .....'

The mechanical linkage on the Minor has little tolerance of unplanned engine movement, hence the tie-bar and also the steady cable (this also prevents the engine moving forward under sharp braking, and the fan touching the radiator).

[FlyGuy]

I just bought a 1969 Traveller today ( VERY exciting !) and it has the same issue.

At first I thought I was just being cack handed with an unfamiliar clutch - but this makes me wonder !

ssnjimb - could you give some feedback maybe ? Did you get to the bottom of this ? Was is the steady bar ?

Thanks,

fg

[mike.perry]

The accessory power socket has lots of uses, electric tyre pump, 12v lead light, air bed pump, camping tent light etc. etc.

[Dru]

One possible source of juddering on reversing and pulling away may be a worn universal joint on the prop shaft; I had this prob on the Trav, the story unfolds in this thread here

http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... rsal+joint

...after worrying about all sorts of possible reasons for the problem, it was very simply diagnosed by waggling the prop shaft by hand and thinking "Crikey! That is as slack as several yaks!" ...or words to that effect.