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It’s always easy to blame stuff and to jump into conclusions.
I had started to think that either the rear subframe mounts had gone kaput or that I had bent/cracked the right side trail arm. The later being the most logical as per the situation. So I called up a friend to whom I had sold, yeah you guessed it, a pair of spanking new trails arms, ha!, ain’t life a female dog?
I almost paid him twice of what he had bought them for (from me non-the-less)!
Moraleja: Do not take wild guesses!!
To cap this off; investigating on the matter we found:
The situation is that the pivot shaft on the right side had snapped on the inner side of the trail arm.
Confusing? Not really, a shaft goes through the trail arm at one end to make it pivot with the suspension.
Apparently due to a poor previous installation (don't we all love previous owners?) it was left loose on one end and along with the weight and side forces (hitting a dip a high speed) caused it to break
And guess what, the trail arms are ok which is really good news.
So a pair of these kits is in order:
Might as well do the other side while I'm at it.
It seems the trail arm needle bearings are always a concern so I'm glad they come in the kit too.
I'm actually considering taking the whole rear subframe off and giving it a once over. We shall see…
So it has been a couple of months of joyful mini'ing... really... despite a couple of small problems and a blown headgasket but hey, it's a mini after all.
It's all hard work to get it at near perfect condition.
The story is; coming home late at night, took a dip on the road a little faster than usual (really it wasn't faster but let's blame it on speed) and now my rear is sunk. It seems the rear subframe has misaligned itself...
It's crabbing... (whatever that is)
Explained like this:
(Please excuse, it´s not my picture but it is was late at night, apologies)
I have exagerated a bit on the graphics, but thats basically the idea.
The right side tire rubs on the inside at the rear of the wheel-well (boot side)
The left side seems to have it´s normal height, but the right side has dropped a bit, however not enough to rub at the top of the wheel well (arch)
Good thing this happened just a couple of blocks from my house, so i drove it very slowly and noticed it pulls a lot to the left.
Poor Imaginativa! had to follow me on foot (kisses)
Well, I'll have more on this when I find out what the damage is.
MiniLaunch got a new battery today and it is running nice! No more worries about running out of power.Photo taken on 18/11/2007 in front of The Cathedral, in Valencia, Venezuela while testing the new battery.
Mini Lauch was put in the shop for some work in the I dont know. But it´s been 4 days already and he is still there. I think OAP will start shaking from withdrawls symptoms soon.
