The Design and Development Story, as told by Alex Moulton, the Originator of this Hydraulically Interconnected Rubber Springing System Used on the Morris I 100 Car Each of the rear Hydrolastic units has its axis approximately 15 deg to the horizontal and the piston of the diaphragm-type displacer is deflected by a short arm projecting […]
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21A1477 Front only, 1 orange or green band, standard use pre December 1965 for Cooper and S, Hornet and Elf. 21A1703 Rear only, 1 orange or green band, standard use pre December 1965 for Cooper and S, Hornet and Elf. 21A1804 Front and Rear, one orange band, standard use December 1965 on for Cooper and […]
PART NUMBER FLANGE INSET FITTEDLENGTH OVERALL LENGTH MAKER USE REAR 21A168*3 SMALL 7.6mm 0.2992″ 307mm12.09″ 314.6mm12.39″ JV MURCOTT ORIGINALLY 21A2444 See Note 1 21A168(3) SMALL 8mm 0.3149″ 312mm12.28″ 320mm12.60″ ‘3’ IS BIGGER IN CIRCLE see Note 2 21A1683 SMALL 310-312 21A1683 true marking.length not Quantified 21A1684 Alucast BIG 7.5mm 0.2952″ 308mm12.13″ 315.5mm12.42″ Alucast 7/86 […]
These rods have been produced to improve car stability when cornering and braking and to facilitate easy adjustment of caster angle. Manufactured from a high-grade material in a much bigger diameter they are less susceptible to bending than the standard items.The standard caster angle quoted by the workshop manual is 1 to 3 degrees, so […]
Both photographs refer to the same cones with top and side views in the same sequence Original cone spring on the left from the Mini Innocenti 120 . C-STR687 in the middle is our improvement of the Innocenti cone for performance. On the right is the new latest performance cone spring with FAM3968EVO embossed in […]
by Keith Dodd Richard, our well known hardened Mk1 mini supremo from our YORK branch was complaining about the quality of all the knuckle joints and the gaiter rubbers not having much longevity. If customers or staff ever complain about any product, we have set procedures for investigating and checking if a product can be […]
During 1997 I penned (typed) a number of articles encompassing suspension and brake modifications carried out by you innumerable and fanatical Mini owners.Throughout those discourses, I frequently alluded to the necessity of damper changes to maintain the status quo of the Mini’s formidable ‘handling’. Consequently your collective curiosity has been pricked into action as can […]
Mini Dunlop Suspension, Cones and Hydrolastic Unit– October 2015 – During a trip in 1984/5 to Ivra the Mini and Innocenti parts manufacturer and stockist in Milan I noticed some strange shaped rubber suspension cones that transpired to have been used on the heavier Innocenti 120 mini, produced from 1978 that was fitted with the […]
Updated 1/12/2020 A Mini Constant Velocity Joint is a very intracate and often overlooked part of the cars drivetrain which has to have exact dimensions for fitting the wheel bearings in the hub and spline for the drive flange that the front wheels fasten to. It therefore needs to be manufactured in a suitable high […]
The following is a practical way of converting your wet suspension to dry, acknowledging the fact that with enough skill, enterprise and facilities, almost anything and everything has been done to the Mini suspension. This advice is for the average Mini owner who may not have all the facilities available. The best way, it must […]