Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello,
Is it feasable to lower your morris traveller a tad.

Which is the best option.???

It must have been done many times before,over the decades.

I don`t want to get into too much engineering at this stage,I have lowered other vehicles during major restoration work,but this one is in perfect condition,so I do not want to get too radical and create too much work.

Any thoughts please?

There's been a few threads on this previously which you might find useful;

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... +traveller

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... t=lowering

http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... +traveller

Make sure you have good bump-stops all round - and don't let it hammer the bump stops through the front wings. The sagging rear springs tend to lower it more than enough at the rear - there are more folks out there trying to RAISE the back of their Travs than there are lowering them! The front suspension torsion bars are easily adjusted - don't over do it.

There are long U bolts and spacer blocks available that fit between the axle and springs, I think I have a set somwhere. I am not sure if the U bolts are long enough for seven leaf springs but you may find the suspension spends most of its time on the rebound rubbers.

Rebound rubbers ? On the front suspension - yes, but not aware of any on the rear suspension.

The rubbers on top of the rear springs. Sorry if I did not use the correct terminology.

Aye - the BUMP stops! Most of us have to cut these down a bit to get some working suspension clearance - lowering is not usually a problem!