Owen Burton

[paul1957]

Hi does anyone know if you can still get the Owen Burton adapter's for the torsion bars
Thanks Paul

[philthehill]

I know of no current source for the Owen Burton Marina to Minor torsion bar adaptors.
I made up a pair using Marina/Ital front suspension eye bolt pins and reduced the heads to 9mm thickness. I also threaded the eye pins to 1/2" UNF for about 3/4 of the pin length. Use Minor torsion bar stepped washers to the front of the crossmember and to the rear of the crossmember. Using the two stepped washers gives a much better torsion bar location.
You may have to reduce the length of the torsion bar and if you have to shorten it remove metal from the rear end of the torsion bar which has the circlip groove.
If you use the rear end of a Minor torsion bar I consider that the pin which goes through the crossmember is not really long enough and that is why I used the Marina/Ital eye bolt pin which once modified near matches the Owen Burton adapter.

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[paul1957]

Thanks for your reply