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Please don't change the technology of this site. Call me an old foogie but I like the simplicity of this site. I don't "do" facebook or things similar to face book. The "other site" has way too much peripheral junk.

JMHO

Jud Chapin
'53 TD
'62 MGA MkII
'72 MGB

I just like to drive...

Hi Bolney. Good idea. Where did you insert it?
I managed to get the cable clamp loosened and I now have 1/8" free cable at rest. So pretty sure the 6202827241003002cable itself is not causing the problem.
Started the motor and Checked that only the rear carb stop was active. Set to 500 rpm. Let it warm up without touching it and idle rose to 1000 about. Reset to 500
Then did a bit of t...

Another site? Great.... where ?
Lead me to it!!!

The front A arm is bent, it rocks on a sheet of glass, there is 2 - 3mm clearance under part of it where there should be none. Worth changing the spring pan at the same time? I cannot see any damage but it must have moved a bit?

There do not appear to be any thrust washers on the nearside so I will order a set as well as new bushes. The seals look remarkable good!

If all of tha...

The kingpin doesn't rotate, so unlikely to move when turning the steering.

If you take off both A-arms and compare them to each other, side by side, you should be able to see any difference. If they are both bent, they should be bent in opposite directions.

There is also a possibility that the A-arm pivot has been bent.

It's possible no one knows where to get NOS 60 year old vinyl! I think you may have to go to an old school upholstery shop and see what they can do for you. There's a supplier that may be able to help you in Ventura, CA called World Upholstery. I heard they were bought a couple years ago so no guarantees what the new owners are doing with it. They had things we couldn't find anywhere else last tim...

Let me have another conversation with the sites author to see if we can get an upgrade. Its sort of an aside for him now and requires little to no work to keep it alive, and a change may be too much effort for the return.

I think the big issue is that this site has not kept up with the times. The software / user interface is ancient. I always preferred the community on this site, personally.

No experience of -ve camber arms, seems a trade-off between increased wear on the inner edge with touring use and sharper turn in/better cornering grip with competition use.

Mike,
Back in the day I had a coming together with another car in in very narrow Devon Lane - he couldn’t slow quickly and my wire wheel spinner rather opened up his cill !
This was a Midget and both the steering arm and shock absorber arm were bent.
I know B’s are double arms but the metal is quite malleable so worth checking / replacing to see.