[Mgs] 80 MGB - Cross member to Body bolt

[Charles & Peggy Robinson]

   You may want to rethink the cause of the noise.  I'm getting what I 
thought was that familiar clunking too.  But putting the car on stands 
under the body and then applying a floor jack to the front X-member has 
convinced me that the X-member isn't moving.  I'm still chasing the 
source of the noise.

   CR




Preston Smith wrote:
> Good day all!
> 
> On my 1980 MGB, a service shop replaced the rubber pads inserted between 
> the Front cross member and the body - they had deteriorated due to oil 
> leakage and I was getting an annoying sound in the front end.  The new 
> pads are made of polyurethane.
> 
> Recently I am starting to hear the familiar noise again.  I thought it 
> might be prudent to re torque the 4 nuts used on the body - cross member 
> connecting bolts - if I recall correctly they are torqued at about 56 
> foot-pounds