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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - rear suspension

when i took the rear suspension off the shell i bought there were spacers under the front bracket for the rear spring they were 20mm thick, cant see what the PO was trying to achive because surely that would raise the rear end body.
mark heyworth

they are fitted to 1500 midgets to get the ride height up a bit to meet the safety regs that also required the bumpers. Don't bother putting them back.
Rob Armstrong

my other 1500 does not have them which is a 77 the shell is a 79 so must have fitted them later
mark heyworth

Mark my 1975 1500 had them, so I think all 1500s were originally fitted with them.
Chris Madge

I know I had them on my midget(originaly a 1500)
Come to think of it ... do I still have them under the car???
Should check next time, with the new exhaust hanging horizontal under the car hight isnt nessecary anymore.
A de Best

Yeah, they are a rubber bumper thing. They could easily have gone walkies from your other shell. I had them on my '76.

Malc
Malcolm

I was looking at another thing in workshop manual and came across the only reference to the spacer i have seen as there is nothing in manual for rear springs or anything in moss cataloge.


mark heyworth

Yes, its odd that it doesnt appear in the Moss Parts catalogue. It feels like its an after thought at the factory. Someone got their sums wrong when specifying the 1500 rear springs and the rear sat too low, so they just plonked some spacers underneath.
Chris Madge

This thread was discussed between 13/12/2020 and 15/12/2020

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