This is a shot in the dark, as mone of my cars have ever done this, but if
a car is driven driver only for 20 years it is possible that the sway
bar(s) have been bent to accomodate this. I have seen bent bars load
suspension in very odd ways so if springs and bushes don't solve your
probems look into swaybars. I find it hard to beleive that a car sitting
on springs and rubber mounts could settle in such a way that it couldn't
be fixed by replacing the flexable parts. Lay your sway bar out on a flat
surface and make sure that it is still square and check spring pans up
front and mounts in the rear and make sure nothing has been bent or
deformed.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'74 BGT undergoing V8 conversion for autocrossing
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, John Walker wrote:
> >From what I have seen, this is not an uncommon problem.
> As a matter of fact, I have the same problem on my '74 B. :(
> What I have been told is that the condition is basically
> caused by the fact that MG's are often driven driver only
> (no passenger) for years on end. This basically causes
> the car to "settle" (for lack of a better term) on the side
> which is always under the stress of the weight of the driver.
>
> I remember seeing an article on web a couple of years back
> discussing possible ways of correcting this problem.
> At the time I was concentrating on other problems with my MG
> so I told myself that I would come back to that site at a later
> date and re-visit that particular issue. Problem is, I can not
> remember now where I saw the article. >:(
>
> If anybody comes up with a good solution to this problem
> pleas let me know.
>
> Maybe we can trade suspensions with cars that originally had right
> hand drive. ;)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -JW
>
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