Andrex Shock Absorbers

This page provides additional details on the Andrex shock absorbers used on the MGTD MkII's.

Many things have been written about the Andrex shock absorbers good and bad, and many questions have been answered. I see them as a curiosity that should be taken care of.

My intention is to demystify as much as possible around the Andrex shock absorbers, and if I can, in this way help people to take care of them.

I have four Andrex shock absorbers that were sitting on my MG TD/C when I bought it. When I opened them, the internals where in bad condition. Mainly because of lack of maintenance and refilling of oil. I also know that the previous owner of my car did hardly look at them for 25 years.

Under these bad conditions they have been sitting under my car for 68 years! And still I am able to restore them. Two of them would only need some internal cleaning, new oil and oil seals, and they would continue to work for many years from now.

Because of that I do not agree with those who are claiming that the Andrex were of a bad quality and had a bad design. Ok, they were constantly leaking oil because of a poor oil seal solution, and their performance on the cars handling ability could be so and so. But I believe that this was some of the best improvement for the car that they could come up with at that time.

So I decided to find out as much as I could about the Andrex shock absorbers, make a set of drawings and fully restore them to functional units as they were from the beginning.

Here is a set of drawings of Andrex TE1 shock absorbers. There is an exploded view with a parts list and general info about the parts, oil type and how to adjust them.

Note: These are in the form of PDF files.

EXAMPLE OF INSTALATION OF AN AIR VENTILATION ON THE ANDREX FRICTION SHOCK ABSORBERS

ANDREX SHOCK ABSORBERS Type TE 1. PARTS LIST

ANDREX SHOCK ABSORBERS Type TE1, INTERNAL AXLE W/ SLEEVE

ANDREX SHOCK ABSORBERS Type TE1, INTERNAL AXLE MODIFIED FOR O-RING SEAL

ANDREX SHOCK ABSORBERS Type TE1, FRICTION DISKS

ANDREX SHOCK ABSORBERS Type TE 1, SPLIT DRAWING

SERVICE AND REPAIR MANUAL for ANDERX FRICTION SHOCK ABSORBERS TE1

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