[Mgs] 80 MGB - Cross member to Body bolt

[Charles & Peggy Robinson]

   I did pursue the noise a bit more but didn't mention it.  With the 
car on stands located under the body I jacked various points on the 
suspension.  I found some vertical play in the king pin bushings.  Damn! 
  Big job....

   CR


Henry D. Reynolds 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.