After I got back from Switzerland I had a couple weeks before I had to be back at school in Edmonton, plenty of time to get the front end rebuilt. I eased the front end out of car by doing the following.
- Remove the front tires, it makes it easier to remove the front crossmember.
- Under the nuts holding the front anti sway bar to the wishbone arm. These may be tight, you will have to use a tie rod splitter to get them apart.
- Remove the steering rack by undoing the u-joint closer to the steering wheel and undo the four mounting bolts.
- Undo the brake line union nuts and free the brake lines.
- Place a jack under the cross member and undo the four crossmember mounting bolts.
- Ease the cross member assembly down and away from the car.
- Inspect the mounting pads, they may need to be replaced.
I took the whole assembly into the local MG shop and had them look it over. They removed the springs and took apart the kingpin assemblies for me. After inspection we determined the shocks needed to be replaced and the kingpins needed to be redone. More shop time before I would get the car on the road, it was looking like next summer would be when I could finally drive it.
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