The problem has two sources.
The first is that the cross-axle moves around from the stresses on the
suspension and from braking. This can be reduced significantly by
installing a strut from the kingpin bolt at the top down to the chassis at
the rearward bolt of the damper blade mounts. The bottom is already braced.
I think that there is an article on John Blair's web page about this. If
there isn't, there should be.
The second problem is that the winglamp bolts are the only thing holding
the wing to the wing stay and the winglamps sit in a thick rubber base which
prevents them from being tightened (Flat-Rads had two mushroom bolts to hold
the wings on). If you have not already installed wing mirrors, install them
inboard and along side the winglamps with the bolt going through the wing
stay. These can be cinched down tighter than the winglamps (and will hide
the cracks already there). The rubber spacer under the wings also helps. I
have also found that having the mirrors mounted inboard of the lamps keeps
them from being bumped as often walking past the car.
Good Luck,
Gerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Roettjer [SMTP:Phil.Roettjer@quantum.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 1:06 PM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Wing Mounts
>
> I received this reply from Linda at Morgan Spares. It sounds like a good
> approach, but one that will have to wait until next time I repaint the
> wings.
> Just thought I would pass it along to the group.
>
> "You need to cut out the top of the fender and form and buttweld a 16
> gauge plate in the top and then drill a round hole for the park lamp."
> .
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phil Roettjer [SMTP:Phil.Roettjer@qntm.com]
> > Sent: Friday, May 28, 1999 12:19 PM
> > To: morgans@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Wing Mounts
> >
> > Team,
> > Just a question for the next time I mount wings. I got the wings for my
> 67
> > +4 back from the paint shop last Saturday and installed them over the
> > weekend. I had taken the car for test runs without the wings since I had
> > just about every mechanical part or the car apart over the winter and
> > everything is now running great.
> >
> > I took the car about 12 miles to the paint shop with the newly installed
> > wings to have them fit a scoop on the bonnet so I can run with air
> > cleaners.
> > Anyway after I drove to the body shop everyone there was looking over
> the
> > car (much interest since they had only seen the wings and bonnet that
> had
> > been there all winter) and I noticed small cracks in the finish just by
> > each
> > wing light. It looks like the angle of the mounting bracket was slightly
> > different from that of the wing and the pounding from each bump had put
> a
> > slight crease in these points on the wing. Last winter I had the body
> shop
> > weld backing plates on the wings to reinforce this area since this is
> one
> > of
> > the reasons I took the wings to be repainted. So it looks like I am back
> > where I started with the cracks, only now I have a lot better looking
> > overall finish on the wings.
> >
> > Does anyone out in Morgan land have any suggestions to keep this from
> > happening? For one thing I would like to avoid it getting worse and
> > secondly
> > if I every repaint them again I would like to eliminate this problem.
> >
> > It almost broke my heart after all the work (and expense) of getting the
> > wings absolutely straight.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Phil Roettjer
> > Upton, Ma
> >
> > 67 +4
> > 67 MGB
> >
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