Morris Minor Owners Club

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:26 am**

How are they fixed on? captive bolt, or clipped over the bolt heads that bolt the front of the wing to the front?

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:34 am**

they have three captive bolts, or should have!

lots of oil before trying to move them is my suggestion

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:27 am**

There are three 2BA studs screwed into the casting with nuts on them. I found the studs tended to unscrew rather than the nuts, so I made a new set and Loctited them in.

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:44 am**

Some have three M4 or M5 just to confuse matters

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:49 am**

...and many of the repro ones are a rotten fit! (As I am currently finding out)

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:34 pm**

wouldn't disagree with that,

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:48 pm**

speaking of which! sorry to bring this subject up again but I have a NOS hockey stick, which I intend to use but if I can give it to a manufacturer to take measurments on it? do you think this will help improve the part? Thanks

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:14 pm**

Assuming you get the nuts off you may find the hockey stick is still a pain to remove. this could be due to the fit of the wing. Sometimes the wing holes don't line up with those of the front panel and the wing needs to be worked carefully in or out to release the hockey stick bolts that pass through both.

Posted: **Wed Mar 05, 2008 2:14 pm**

Not really,frank, they are reasonably made,but often machined at the wrong angles where the studs are screwed in. Its basically just another chroming issue with them, rather than form.

Posted: **Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:45 pm**

Oh OK thought I could be of some help

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