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#16 THE ANORAK

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Posted 05 September 2016 - 07:27 AM

and a reply of "cut down your trumpets" is irresponsible and possibly lethal... see above !!!

 

if the op believes that the "rear" is wet then he clearly does not understand the suspension... see above !!!

 

its an 89 city. by now the front is most likely old and worn out and hacking down the rear to join it is again wrong... see above !!!



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Posted 05 September 2016 - 08:40 AM

There does seem to be some contradictory advice here and some is not helpful.
The OO admits to not being very experienced with Minis.
He said that the back is sitting a lot higher than the front. Now the back didn't just grow in height so the logic is that the front has dropped with time.
Therefore the degradation of the front is what we should be advising, as some have advised.
New knuckle joints and cups might sort it, or it may need new spring cones. Only detailed inspection will determine this.
From there, if new cones are needed we can advise the OP how to do the job.
The rear may well be fine as it is.
You can't correct a fault with the front suspension by cutting bits off of the rear trumpets.

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Posted 05 September 2016 - 11:20 AM

Yes but his problem is almost certainly at the FRONT with at the very least, failed knuckles, which must be attended to.





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