> James,
>
> Centre of axle nut (spinner?)
I'm a bolt on wheel guy so the axle nut is right under the hub cap, the
center of the spinner is the same spot.
>I understand but what is bottom of wheel opening?
if you measure roughly straight up from the center of the spinner it is the
first part of the fender that you reach. I think I meant to type top of
wheel opening. Does that make more sense?
james
>
> At 02:05 AM 4/21/02 -0600, james wrote:
> >First thing I would do is either replace the front springs or temporarily
> >level the front end and watch as that will likely cure most of the
> >lopsidedness.
> >
> >Average ride height (center of axle nut to bottom of wheel opening) is
13.5
> >inches on a CBB. And should be same front to rear. By measuring this
way
> >tire size becomes irrelevant in comparison.
> >
> >Try levelling the front with jacks or whatever is necessary and see what
> >happens in the rear.
> >
> >james
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Marc <smarc@abs.net>
> >To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: 19 April, 2002 11:45 PM
> >Subject: mgb ride height/lopsidedness
> >
> >
> > > I just spent 14 hours straight in my garage; replaced a rusty gas
tank,
> > > and my very worn out leaf springs and tossed in rebuilt shocks and new
> > > shock links. Previously, the driver side rear sat so low that it was
> > > difficult to get the tire on or off as the body interfered.
> > >
> > > So, the passenger side looks great! The driver side is also much
> > > higher now, but definately lopsided. I kind of expected this, based
> > > upon reading of others' experiences, but I was hoping for a
> > > better result! It seems this is a pretty common occurence, again
> > > based on reading various mgb web pages.
> > >
> > > After taking a tape measure from the ground to the edge of the wheel
> > > arch, exactly in the center or the wheel, my mgb sits 24 inches on the
> > > passenger side rear, and 22 1/2 inches on the driver side rear.
> > >
> > > This lopsidedness irritates me enough that I will probably address
> > > it. I seem to recall reading somewhere that you can get longer
> > > U bolts, and shim between the spring and the axel, or some such.
> > >
> > > So, I was wondering, what kind of ride height is "normal", and
> > > what experiences you may have had trying to correct the lopsided
> > > stance the car takes?
> > >
> > > --
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