Morris Minor Owners Club

Okay guys gonna need your help here
keep coming across two of these in my left over parts box
where do they fit on the traveller
I have racked my brain and my photo records to work out where they would fit
but ----------
perhaps you chaps can help
I thought the torsion bars as they go through the centre support but i have two round ones in place ?????????
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cheers Mike
no dont think so
something tells me its something to do with the pedals
just not sure it was last November i stripped it down and these landed on the floor

Spacers to move the eyebolts away from the chassis leg slightly - to give a little bit of negative camber? Hard to tell what size they are! Diameter of the hole - and thickness?

yea thanks BMC
think you might be right
they have the correct size off hole in them for this area
the cutout would suggest that you slacken off the eyebolts and insert them
thus doing away with the need to dismantle everything
a quick fix to negative camber
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If you do - then remember to reset the tracking right away.

cheers BMC
yea thats still a long ways off yet
before shes ready to roll out off the garage
thanks again

The hole looks to be too small for the eyebolt....

I'm not sure they look like 'OE' parts?

There is something similar that is used for the lower suspension arm - when I bought the wider wheels and lowered ours in 1970, I made some to avoid having to dismantle the suspension - BAD mistake!

Yes, they did the job of correcting the camber that goes very 'positive' as the front suspension is lowered, BUT they create a lovely trap for moisture to accumulate in the opening of the 'U', which then rots its way into the chassis leg tube and leg itself, resulting for us in serious chassis leg repairs a few years later. As part of the restoration 14 years ago, the chassis legs and a lot more were replaced, along with the 'U' spacers by solid ones and no evidence of corrosion yet!

I think they could even have been fitted as part of the original build, but would very strongly advise to replace them with either a solid spacer, or correct diameter washers made up to the same thickness, to avoid the corrosion problems we had.

From the photo I would say they are a home made part.

many thanks Richard and BMC for your advise
and all the others
just so long as i know what they were for and that as i rebuild her up i have not missed an important component
many thanks again everybody
the club message board is like having your own garage with all the mechanics from the past 50 years experience on tap and free to boot
great guys
long may your lum reek