Wow. I hadn't considered the sway bar. I'll have to check this out.
Dennis Vaders
"There can be no great ingenuity
without
an admixture
of dementedness"... Seneca or somebody
-----Original Message-----
From: James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>
To: John Walker <john@rmartin.net>
Cc: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>; Matt.DeBoer@ejgallo.com
<Matt.DeBoer@ejgallo.com>; vaders@WILKES.NET <vaders@WILKES.NET>;
mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: Stump the experts: MG not level
>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
>>
>> ============
>> ~= Early 1974 MGB =~
>> ============
>> In Progress :)
>>
>
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