[Mgs] 80 MGB - Cross member to Body bolt

[Henry D. Reynolds]

i had a similar problem and discovered that my front-end clunk came from
the bottom of the kingpin where the inner sleeve was just enough longer
than the cast part of the bottom of the kingpin where it connects to the
lower control arms to produce a "clunk" during take-off and while
stopping. grinding down the spacer fixed it. you can test it by jacking
up the car and seeing how much fore and aft play there is where the
kingpin connects to the lower A-arms.

Charles & Peggy Robinson wrote:
>    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
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> 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
>>     


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