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Rear axle buffer stops #1
tater salad Todd Smith charlotte NC, USA 1970 MG Midget 1971 MG Midget	Posted: July 09, 2012 06:25PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 254

What's the easiest way to stretch these over the post on a 71 midget axle, yes they are the new red ones, not the black ones

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #2
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: July 09, 2012 07:20PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,090

Todd
I have no idea about the item you ask. IIRC, there are no bump stops on the rear springs, Prothane "red" only offer pads, eyes and shackle bushes, and the limit strap as OEM would be reinforced rubberoid not "red". Correct nomenclature might help us to help you. In the alternative, Moss, VB or correct OEM part numbers would work.

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #3
Kerr Norm Kerr Ann Arbor, Mi, USA 1974 MG Midget	Posted: July 09, 2012 07:25PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,458

If you mean #50 in this photo:

http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=1663

the best way to get it on to its post is to use something slippery, silicone grease works well, avoids risking any compatibility issues (hand soap can have salt in it, causing corrosion, and petroleum based greases can attack rubber)

Norm

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #4
tater salad Todd Smith charlotte NC, USA 1970 MG Midget 1971 MG Midget	Posted: July 09, 2012 07:35PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 254

In VB catalog they are called axle rubber buffers, I took the originals off , yes Norm very same but I have ones sold by VB made by energy suspension , they are polyurethane and they look like the originals I took off the real axle, but upgrade to poly

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #5
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: July 09, 2012 07:54PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,090

Todd
Norm caught what I missed. Lithium grease of better yet glycerin...the universal "easy". I also suggest oil wont hurt poly...

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #6
bleteaches6 lee orphan Sumner, WA, USA 1956 MG MGA 1500 1979 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE) 1979 MG Midget 1500	Posted: July 09, 2012 08:02PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,954

Put them in a pan of hot water to relax them, then lube them as suggested or use good old fashioned liquid dish soap

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #7
Kerr Norm Kerr Ann Arbor, Mi, USA 1974 MG Midget	Posted: July 09, 2012 10:11PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 2,458

please do NOT use "good old fashioned dish soap", because it has salt and will cause the steel to rust

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #8
1973 midget Jim M Kansas, USA	Posted: July 09, 2012 10:12PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 543

If I remember right I used the extra grease from the rear eye bushings that was sent with them.

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #9
kirks-auto robert kirk Davenport, Iowa, Rock Island, Illinois, Clearwater, USA	Posted: July 10, 2012 09:56AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 13,090

Silicone grease as used on brake parts is what is supplied by the better manufacturers. It is clear/white and would be the preference. Because it is poly, it is pretty much immune to dino or synthetic "grease/oil"...several others should work well too, K-Y gel, Vasoline, Glycerol (or glycerine, glycerin). Dish soap is a surfactant and not the best choice in this case or most others. K-Y and Glycerol are both water soluble.

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Re: Rear axle buffer stops #10
73midget Chris Edwards Texas, USA 1973 MG Midget MkIII	Posted: July 10, 2012 10:47AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 1,009

Lubrication, and hit the top with a mallet. at least that's what worked for me.

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