Anti-Roll Bar Assembly; Fitting The Anti-Roll Bar - MG MGA Twin Cam Workshop Manual

Remove the coil springs as detailed in Section K.9.
Remove the four bolts holding the spring pan to the levers.
Remove the cotters, nuts, and washers from the ends of the inner lower fulcrum pin and slide off the
levers and the rubber bushes.
Fit the new rubber bushes into the levers. These will be found to be quite a loose fit in the lever, but
when clamped up by the nut and washer will expand into their housing. These bushes do not rotate on
their surfaces, the angular movement being taken by the rubber deflecting torsionally in itself. Special
care should be taken when assembling these bushes to maintain a central location so that the
expansion of each half of the bush is equal.
To attain this, insert each bush so that it protrudes equally each side of the housing (see Fig. K.4), and
then clamp up with the washer and nut. When central, the outer flanges of the bushes should be of
equal proportions.
It is essential to clamp up the bushes when the suspension levers are set parallel with the ground to
ensure even stresses on the bushes.
Now fit the spring pan between the levers, but with the heads of the bolts inside the spring pan.
Do not fully tighten up the spring pan bolts-leave them half a turn slack.
Press down the lower wishbone assembly.
Smear each end of the coil spring with grease and push the spring up into the front cross-member and
over its top locating plate.
Jack up the lower wishbone assembly until it is approximately parallel to the ground.
Swing down the hub unit and fit the lower fulcrum bolt.
NOTE. —Take care that the thrust washers, rubber seals, and retainers are assembled in the right
order. (See Fig. K.1.)
Lubricate these and the fulcrum pin with the grease gun during and after assembly.
Remove the jack from under the wishbone assembly.
Finally, tighten up the spring pan bolts and insert the split pins in all castellated nuts.
K.11 ANTI-ROLL BAR ASSEMBLY
Commencing at Chassis No. 2275 a modified front extension, modified spring pans and bottom
wishbone assemblies, and an anti-roll bar assembly were introduced.
Cars prior to Chassis No. 2275 may be modified to permit the fitting of anti-roll bar equipment by fitting
the following components in lieu of the existing ones.
AHH5924X Front extension assembly.
AHH5925Z Spring pan assemblies.
AHH5927Z Bottom wishbone assembly-R.H.
AHH5929Z Bottom wishbone assembly--L.H.
K.12 FITTING THE ANTI-ROLL BAR
NOTE. ---Andrex Dampers and anti-roll bar equipment MUST NOT be used simultaneously.
Place a jack under the centre of the front cross member and lift the front of the car; support the
chassis side members on stands. Remove the bumper bar and the front apron and the four body
holding bolts on the front extension. Unscrew and remove the eight nuts and bolts securing the front
extension to the chassis and remove the extension
Locate the anti-roll bar, the split bushes, and the bush housings on the front extension cradles and
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