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[CraigyBoy]

1979 mini 1000

I have a question regarding the rear geometry of my vehicle. I have replaced the subframe with a hadrian panels replacement and rebuilt the rear end totally. However there seems to be a visible difference with the rear left wheel and tyre being further into the body than the rear right. Both sides have equal spacers on and no mis-matching parts.

After inspecting some more, nothing seems to be missing to cause this issue.

I assume that if there was a problem with the subframe itself, that it would not have fitted and aligned to all the locating points. (rear radius arm outer mounting etc)

An observation that i have noticed is that the rear left seems to have a lot more toe-in than the right. Would this cause a visible difference and give the look of being further into the body?


I have been looking at KAD rear brackets and think that these may be needed to sort out the rear geometry.


Your thoughts........

[mk3cortina]

i have heard of subframes being made badly, i.e the type of problem that you are having. all i can suggest is buy an original subframe rather than a pattern one.

[Cooperman]

Pattern rear sub-frames are notoriously inaccurate in terms of manufacturing tolerances.
You need to get the thing measured and corrected to give 1.5 mm to 3 mm toe-in on the rear wheels and zero to 0.5 deg negative camber and, at the same time, make sure the rear wheels are aligned correctly with the front wheels, bearing in mind that the rear track is 2" less than the front, given normal suspension and wheels.