Morris Minor Owners Club

what is the best one to buy and where from
thanks
dennis

The Owen Burton one is very effective at controlling roll but does have a habit of pulling out it's rubber bushes rendering it useless.
There, I didn't sound like I was slagging off that product did I?

You could try JLH in Leamingotn Spa. 01926 421199
He has a habit of knowing the best stuff, and if the existing over the counter stuff is not good enough he probably makes a better one.. (don't expect it to be easy to afford though)

have to say best i have used (on several moggies) is from mark at bull motif, easy to fit and never had any problems.

Early Owen burton one ( based on cortina bar) was awfull, bushes kept popping out at tie rod end of bar as you braked.

New one from BM uses modern bushes at slide foward and aft allowing a little natural movement in front suspension.

The Grumpys one is also supposed to be very good if I remember Willie has one fitted that he is happy with.

Early Owen burton one

Well I can't say they improved it for the later one's either as mine was only bought a year ago.

Petee have you a picture of the end of your's where is attaches to the bottom arm.

'Fraid not. I sold the car on. The bushes fitted into a steel 'cup' that bolted onto the rear of the tie bar. The cup had it's open end forward so the bushes could never pop out backwards and be lost. The problem was that the bushes gripped the bar better than the cup and eventually shuffled forwards so they were half out of the cup and the bar wasn't being held as securely as it could be.

I could do with one of these if anyone has one around they're not using... one that works of course & cheep....!

Yes, I had the early Owen Burton type, involved drilling holes
though the chassis legs, the bushes popped out and,eventually it
snapped in half!! I am using Mr Grumpy's type now because it
uses existing engine mount bolt holes for attachment. Works fine
but the connection to the suspension arms could be of a better
design. So far so good.

thanks guys

still none the wiser, so are we saying that mr grumpy`s is a very good one, i do not like the idea of drilling through the chassis leg

dennis

Would seem that grumpies is best if you dont want to drill, but the bull motif one seems to be the best design.

I would not worry about drilling the leg

Iam sure that bull motif sell JLH range of upgrades.


James.

Iam sure that bull motif sell JLH range of upgrades.

I thought they were only selling Owen Burtons stuff and that JLH only sell their stuff theselves am I wrong ?

I seem to remember reading about a chap that made one using parts from a scrapyard that worked well, so all cheap. I keep meaning to try it as I spend most Saturdays at my mates scrapyard. I think the bar was from a Vauxhall. Will try and dig out the article if anyones interested. Might try it out aswell then.

Sounds interesting... Gissa look