The front suspension on this MGB is worn, with bad rubber in the A-arms, leaking rack boots and front shocks, scored and pitted rotors, and rusty fasteners. The kingpins, although covered in years of grease and road grime, are actually in good condition.
We’re starting on the right side of the front suspension. After removal of the suspension pieces, we had a difficult time separating the a-arms at the lower kingpin bolts. The sleeves had rusted themselves to the bolts and the bolts had not been properly tightened when last assembled, leading to severe wear in both a-arm brackets.
We pulled a set of good used a-arm brackets from our parts inventory, sandblasted everything, and gave it a good coat of rust-inhibiting paint before reassembly.
We thoroughly cleaned everything that was going back on the car and gave the kingpin and steering arm a coat of paint as well. We installed new tie rod ends as well, as we had to use the torch to get the old ones loose from the tie rods.
New rack boot, rebuilt shock, new MGB V8 a-arm bushings, spring, pads and rotor installed and the right side of the car is ready for the brake line. Now for the left side!
