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Paul, the odd one out is the rubber bumper overdrive fitted with the red worm, which has a ratio of 6:20 = 0.3
The workshop manual doesn't note this (at least not my edition which was printed about 1980) so I found it out the hard way when I fitted an od box to a customer's 72 model and found the speedo about 20% out. Surprised, I reconsulted the manual and redid the maths, which said ther...

If the stub axle or steering arm go bent that would change the position of the wheel relative to TRE.
Twist in the steering arm happens as well as a sideways tweak.
If the clearance has changed something has deformed somewhere so it is best to try and find why in case something cracked.

Between Idiocracy and Terminator, looks like the future is all sorted !

Thanks for the links Steve

Took Sprite for a short run. Definitely bit of a stutter at 2-2.5k revs and no load. Can also feel it a bit starting off - I think.
Other than that seems to drive ok and is useable. It’s funny as can’t remember exactly what it was like before.
Had bit of a look at the engine and there was no oil in the carb piston dampers! Put some in but made no difference. Car is still drivable, but ...

It is obviously the idler, bearing and shaft for the non-motorized wiper.

Obviously, I did not observe carefully when I took it apart. What is confusing is the step cut into the end of the hexagon?
I can see no purpose in that cut.

I also noticed that notch at the end of the shaft and seen the need for it.

I think it is a case of using whatever parts were available in 195...

I have used JDO a couple of times with no problem, I think it has been passed on now to someone else. When I had a subsequent problem due to my inept re-fitting he sorted it and posted it back FOC.

Always had very helpful chats with the new owner and very rapid turnround.

That was my though it is all one assembly so I have fitted the smallest dust cover I can find- the Moss one was smaller - and that just clears the rim.

All a bit of a mystery but sorted albeit by a workround?

Thank you all for your help

That's every day for me since I don't own a modern car. My drive to work is 80 miles round trip, usually done in my MGB GT. My classics are out on the road pretty much every day, in shopping centers, at restaurants, etc.

I hope your idea is a success! More people need to drive classic cars daily, or at least semi-daily. There are a few other classic car drive ideas out there, a couple of th...

OD/non-OD only affects the speedo on 3-sync, 4-sync speedo drive ratios are the same for both. Even then it was only about 2% between the different speedos (1020 tpm and 1040). The big difference comes if you have a 4-synch CB speedo (1280tpm) on a CB 3-synch gearbox/OD or on an RB gearbox/OD which should have 1000 tpm.