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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.

Thanks. The king pin does not move lock to lock relative to the damper and I cannot see any obvious damage to the wishbone pivot or subframe so A arms are looking favourite?

I will get the A arms off next, and as I have gone this far I will probably re-bush both sides with mild poly bushes. Are negative camber arms a good idea if I am swapping them out anyway?

Got my car booked in for a rolling road tuning session on 5 August.
Tried Mini Sport in Padiham but their rolling road is out of action. So they recommended RE Performance in Bury, about 45 minutes from me. Will see how it goes. Just hope my car actually gets there!

Does sound like A-arms, the wheel hitting a solid object is more likely to bend those than move the damper. If they have bent it's quite possible it has buckled the spring pan.

Hopefully not the king-pin, does it stay in the same place as the wheels are moved lock to lock? You will have to rig up some support other than the damper arms. Or check relativity to the damper arms on both lo...

For what ever reason, most newbies went to the other site starting a few years back. Yes it is more modern and easier to navigate and looks more modern. The majority of the knowledgeable old timers on here have passed away, sold their cars, etc. Don Harmer- Ga. Tech nuclear professor, Dave DuBois - nuc sub tech, Blake, Gordon Lawson and many others are gone. The sad thing it that 80% of the que...

It's actually worth a separate heading/discussion, Bill - but in the meantime, I want to echo your sentiments. This BBS has been enormously helpful over many years, including the invaluable archives. It facilitates detailed discussion of, inter alia, the technical aspects of Old MG ownership, maintenence, renovation and restoration. Importantly, this forum is not "here today, gone tomorrow" - I f...

I hit something on a recent rally and lost self centering. Also the track rod end rubber grease cup was rubbing the wheel. Something had moved!

It was deemed safe to continue by the mechanical support and when I got home I replaced the steering arm as recommended and had the tracking done - all seemed OK.

Further investigation and another set of eyes identified the lever arm d...

As always, the picture gets inverted.