[Spridgets] How to fix

[Guy Weller]

Hi Frank,
I am wondering if the lower A- arm has been
re-bushed at some time, and done badly so the
bottom pin isn't where it should be. Have you
checked the distance between the bottom pin and
the inner fulcrum bushes?

Clonking from the rear damper could be slack in
the damper mounting bolts, allowing it to twist.
On mine, a ver small amount of movement there
caused a loud clunk which amplified through the
frame.

This seems very odd - you asking questions of the
list.  I thought after the number of Spridgets you
have owned you would have come across every
possible fault imaginable, and a few more besides!
How many is it now anyway?

Guy

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Subject: [Spridgets] How to fix


An off camber front end?
There is nothing wrong, nothing loose, adjusting
the toe in makes no
difference in the tilted left front wheel.
The bottom is out or the top is in.
So is it possible to shim the shock?
Stretch the shock arm?
Kink the A arm?
Junk the Efin car?
This Efin Sprite has burned me out. Cheap crap
reproduction parts that
ain't worth the box they come in, file to fit
repro parts, Ripped top,
screwy front end, and a rear end clunk that has
been narrowed down to
inside the shock but that just isn't possible.
Nothing in there to go
clunk. But that's where I can feel it when the car
is bounced.
So if anybody has any ideas PLEASE let me know
before I drive this thing
down the boat ramp with less than 10 miles on it.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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