My left hand drive mini is leaning a over over the front left tire. Not sure what is causing this. I jacked up the car and tried to shake the tire left/right and up/down and there is very little play. Hoping someone could give me an idea what would be causing this problem.
1971 Austin Mini Left hand drive
Sounds like a bad rubber cone. It will give the car the appearance of being lowered, at least on the corner where the cone has failed.
Quote from: 94touring on May 18, 2009, 08:50:07 PM
Sounds like a bad rubber cone. It will give the car the appearance of being lowered, at least on the corner where the cone has failed.
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If the cones have never been changed it is likely that the knuckle joint has worn through the nylon cup in the upper arm. In my experience the cones in pre-'74 Minis rarely collapse. The only significance to 1974 is that I'm the attendant to a '73 Mini and all the rest are much earlier models. The mid-to-late '80s and later cones, and the current OEM cones collapse if you look at them wrong.
Cheers,
Kelley
I just got my new cones and will be replacing them this week. Do you have instructions on how to do this?
I referred to the Hayes maintenance manual but there isn't much information.
Brian
I've personally never had to replace cones, but I believe there is a special tool?
I have the tool but from what I can tell they are hard to get to. Heading to the garage now. Let you know how it goes.
Later,
B
Another trip to the store is in order. Need a ball joint seperator or whatever the hell that tool is called. haha
I hate seperating balls joints! They are either really easy or impossibly hard.