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From: hank@masscomp.UUCP (Hank Cohen)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: MGB rear end noises
Message-ID: <811@masscomp.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 16:10:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Oct 30 16:10:15 1985
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In article <1154@homxa.UUCP> delbene@homxa.UUCP (K.DELBENE) writes:
>
>Sometimes when I accelerate hard off the line, I get a sharp knock
>from the passenger side rear.  I've checked the brakes and spring shackles,
>but nothing seems amiss.  I've had the problem since I bought the car 2 years
>ago, but never experienced it on any other B's I've owned.  Having 
>just had the car repainted 6 months ago, I told them to check for any frame
>cancer, but the prognosis came back negative.  Anyone ever experienced such
>a problem?
>
Your knock may be due to a bad rubber bushing on some suspension component
that flexes under hard accelleration.
I would like to mention that burning rubber off the starting line in an
MG or Triumph is a very dangerous game.  The first gear in those British
transmissions used to be straight cut instead of helical cut like all of 
the others.  This means that all of the load is carried by one gear tooth
and you can strip off a tooth or two trying to drag race in those cars.
My experience is a few years old so they may have fixed the problem but
there are a lot of MG's around that go clunk clunk clunk in first gear.
		Iligitimi non carborundum
			Hank Cohen