Morris Minor Owners Club

My anti-roll bar was £70 and the springs were £30 each from the Minor Centre in Birmingham.

The anti-roll bar makes cornering more stable and it also reduces being blown about by side winds.

You should not need a rear anti-roll bar on a standard car as the front one should be sufficient.

ok, so i got the pricing the wrong way round........ but at least i didn't say they ARE £xxxx

but at least i didn't say they ARE £xxxx

true - you were only out by a factor of 2, not a factor of 10^2

£3000 for leaf springs *gulp* and if I knew leaf springs were only £30 each I would have got new springs for the sprite

ok, so i got the pricing the wrong way round........ but at least i didn't say they ARE £xxxx

I just thought I'd mention what I paid last time just in case it would swing the decision to get some or not. Just to clarify matters, not to shoot you down, Matt!!

I didn't mean it that you did.....I just like highlighting my own stupidity sometimes, it makes me feel clever :?

When you say 30 quid, is that for a side or for an individual leaf? seeing as they are only pieces of metal, that seems a bit steep if it is each. Surely they can be bought or made up cheaper else where?

per side..... ie. the whole 5 leaves

latest ad from Bull Motif:
£17.95 each for the 5 leaf (saloon) + VAT etc.. 01386 831755
best part of £30 when it's been delivered, but get a pair and pick them up (eg at a rally) to save money...

just don't replace one at a time.........

I thought it might be a whole side, how bad do they get before they need replacing, in terms of wobble from side to side as you lean on the car! (for the average simpleton) I might need to replace the oil in the dampers also.

well if you push down on the car and it bounces, ie up and then down again, the shockers are dead, i don't know about the springs tho, but if you ground out on speed bumps etc the springs probably need doing

Well theres certainly no bounce, but it seems to sag a bit is this a minor feature!

does it sag to one side? That is usually caused by the torsion bar adjstment - it makes the whole car wonky if it's not set right.
I once changed a 'weak' rear spring, only to find it was the torsion bars!! (was an entusiastic miss-guided teenager at the time)

It would probably be a good idea to replace the shocks when you do the springs anyway.....

It's another one of those cases where i would if i could, it doesnt sag only on one side, it just looks lower at the back than i think it should. I'll try replacing the oil sometime and refurbishing the dampers, what oil should i use?

im not going to saw what i use, but you should use oil for hydraulic jacks.... there was a thread about it around here somewhere

iwant1,
it may be high at the front, rather than low at the rear?

I thought it might be a whole side, how bad do they get before they need replacing, in terms of wobble from side to side as you lean on the car! (for the average simpleton)

If your springs are really bad when you look at them they will be convex in shape (ends pointing down) generally the springs settle with age but should still be concave in shape (pointing up) and not flat, its also worth checking to see if one of the leaves are broken although this is normally fairly obvious, when you have a look it will be far more apparent just have a look from under the rear bumper.