There is a simple front suspension diagnostics guide at
http://www.cgl.rmit.edu.au/~mg/cars/goblins/tech/frontend.htm
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: chasdoug@gte.net <chasdoug@gte.net>
To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 08, 1998 3:10 PM
Subject: King Pins
>I found a shop that could actually do the front end alignment on my
>bugeye (damn these cars are small, and thanks Ulix!).
>
>They warned me that my king pins are worn. He demonstrated perhaps 1/8
>inch movement of the top and bottom of the wheel with hands placed
>vertically, both sides.
>
>I don't know much about suspension (my wife would say I don't know much
>about anything, but we didn't ask her), so what does this mean? Am I
>playing with fire, about to crash and burn in a horrible accident at
>25mph, unsafe at any speed? Or is the front suspension just a little
>sloppy, and going to get a little more sloppy for the next 20 or 30
>thousand miles?
>
>Mini Mania has stub axle assemblies with the king pin bushes reamed in
>(did I get all that right?) on sale this month. Is it time to get out
>my checkbook?
>
>Chas Douglass -- Seattle WA
>
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