[Mgs] 80 MGB - Cross member to Body bolt

[Max Heim]

That reminds me -- the lower arm inner pivot holes on my B were totally
egged out, and the shafts were hammered. This could be another source of
clunking (among other things).


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 7/17/07 11:57 AM, Henry D. Reynolds at hdr at pobox.com wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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