<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Other than getting the bolts started, which is a terror, the front subframe swap is easy. You can even roll it on its wheels from one car to the other. You can roll the rear axle, too, so if you have 8 jack stands it is a pretty smooth operation.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 22, 2022, at 9:27 AM, dave northrup <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" class="">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thank you<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net" class="">mgs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Max Heim<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, June 22, 2022 11:25 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>mglist <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Mgs] wire wheels vs disks<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Well, when I had that situation with two MGBs (I wanted to put the wire wheels on the car I was planning to restore, and swap the steel wheels to the car i would dispose of), I swapped the entire suspensions — the third member (rear axle) with leaf springs, and the front subframe with all suspension attached. You wouldn’t have to do the leafs — I happened to know which set was newer. Actually, in this case, the wire wheel suspension had been regularly maintained and had many new parts, and the steel wheel setup had been sitting untouched for possibly 30 years, so it was clear that I wanted all the other components along with the wire wheel hubs. If the situation regarding the condition of the parts had been different, I might have tried to do it piecemeal. But in my case the full swap was the easiest and best way.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">--<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Max Heim<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:mvheim@sonic.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mvheim@sonic.net</a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">On Jun 22, 2022, at 7:10 AM, dave northrup <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">dave@ranteer.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I have 2 MGAs, 56 and 59. I want to swap the axles? Because one is a disk car and one is a wire wheel car.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">How hard is that?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class=""></span><a href="mailto:Mgs@autox.team.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">Mgs@autox.team.net</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Donate:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">http://www.team.net/donate.html</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Suggested annual donation $12.75<br class=""><br class="">Archive:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">http://www.team.net/pipermail/mgs</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">http://autox.team.net/archive</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">Unsubscribe:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/mvheim@sonic.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class="">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mgs/mvheim@sonic.net</span></a></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>