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MGB front springs #1
Jestr52 Jim Strickler Cockeysville, MD, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Oct 16, 2017 05:13 PM Joined 9 years ago 18 Posts

Replacing front springs on my 72 B. These were in the spring pans but I don't see them in the parts diagrams. Are they needed? Where in the pan do they go? Help...

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Re: MGB front springs #2
J Baz Jerard Basmagy Middletown, NJ, USA Sign in to contact 1971 MG MGB "B" 1975 Honda MC CB200 1991 Mercedes-Benz 300SL 2000 BMW 323i Wagon & more	Oct 16, 2017 05:22 PM Joined 9 years ago 1,026 Posts

They go in the garbage. They look like pieces of a broken spring coil.

jb

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Re: MGB front springs #3
Megs Geoff Messer Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Sign in to contact 1971 MG MGB MkII 2007 BMW MC F650GS 2015 Subaru Outback	Oct 16, 2017 05:23 PM Joined 7 years ago 126 Posts

Might be a dumb question but.......are the pieces the same diameter as the springs? The curve the same radius as the coil?

If they are I'd say broken pieces of spring.

Edit....J Baz beat me to the post.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2017-10-16 05:24 PM by Megs.

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Re: MGB front springs #4
Probie Dwight Magee Fenelon Falls, ON, Canada Sign in to contact 1970 MG MGB MkII "THE BABY"	Oct 16, 2017 05:23 PM Top Contributor Joined 6 years ago 1,326 Posts

X2 garbage.

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Re: MGB front springs #5
Ahmed Ahmed A Calgary, AB, Canada Sign in to contact 1958 MG MGA 1972 MG MGB 1979 MG MGB	Oct 16, 2017 05:34 PM Top Contributor Joined 17 years ago 5,161 Posts

Man, that looks like something pulled from the Titanic wreck..!!

My 1958 MGA is not a car, it's a CAREER..!! ... angry smiley

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Re: MGB front springs #6
Fieldbuilder Kevin Hart NC, USA Sign in to contact 1974 MG MGB "RED" 1975 MG MGB "AutoX" 1977 MG MGB "BaLou"	Oct 16, 2017 05:42 PM Joined 17 years ago 1,625 Posts

Your front end was lowered by 1/4 inch+, with broken springs.
Good move on replacing them.

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Re: MGB front springs #7
Jestr52 Jim Strickler Cockeysville, MD, USA Sign in to contact	Topic Creator (OP) Oct 16, 2017 06:58 PM Joined 9 years ago 18 Posts

I originally suspected they were broken sping pieces but the replaced springs weren't missing any parts and they are too uniform in size to have broken in virtually the same spot on opposite sides of the car. I did not put them back on the car though.

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Re: MGB front springs #8
46er Ralph K Coastal, NJ, USA Sign in to contact 1968 Triumph TR250 "Eileen" 1972 MG MGB MkIII "Merck"	Oct 16, 2017 10:11 PM Top Contributor Joined 11 years ago 532 Posts

In reply to # 3611213 by Jestr52 I originally suspected they were broken sping pieces but the replaced springs weren't missing any parts and they are too uniform in size to have broken in virtually the same spot on opposite sides of the car. I did not put them back on the car though.

It does happen; with age early 2000 VW Golf/Jetta OE strut springs have a bad habit of breaking in the same spot on both sides of the car.

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