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Re: Creaking, Leaning MGA

To: mrazor@mis.net
Subject: Re: Creaking, Leaning MGA
From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:03:49 -0400
Mike,
  You said that the right rear had almost no movement.  Have you checked
to see that the RR damper is not frozen in place?  If it were to be
locked in one position, that could account for the height difference
side-to-side.
Bob


On Thu, 16 May 2002 08:00:06 -0400 "Mike Razor" <mrazor@mis.net> writes:
> Sorry for the repeat question, but symptoms seemed to have worsened.
> My MGA leans to the right by about 2 inches and creaks rather loudly 
> as I
> drive and turn corners.
> Also, when I attempt to bounce the right rear side of the car it is 
> hard and
> does not bounce up and down as does the left rear side.  The left 
> side has
> some spring in it whereas the right rear has almost no movement.  I 
> don't
> see anything broken in the rear at all. The front left rebound check 
> rubber
> was snatched off and wedged in the coil spring and this was as I 
> backed out
> of the garage.
> Can it be the leaf spring on the left rear?  The rear shock?  Frame?
> Club member has given me an old set of leaf springs from his MGA 
> 1600 Mark
> II.
> Any help or advice appreciated.
> Mike R

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