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Running Gear
- Brakes
- Rob Bell offers up the options
here, from OE to AP.
- Rob tells us why big is not always best in
this article.
- Andy 'Scarlet Fever' Phillips offers his thoughts on the braking
effect
here.
- And also from Rob, an
article about brake fade.
- Erik covers the pad and disc options on his site
here.
- to cut down on brake servo movement, Erik fitted
this bracket.
- Rob Bell also covers brake servo movement on his web site
here.
- Erik shows how to fit Mike Satur's 280mm conversion kit
here.
- TIP !! when checking your rear brake pads for wear, check
the inside pad, this wears at a greater rate than the outer pad.
The OE inner pad also has a metal strip attached to it that rubs
on the brake disc emitting a squeal when the pads are low.
- Jerry Herbert from the SWMGF'rs
has another tip regarding rear brake caliper seizure (you need
to be a SWMGF member to view the thread).
- Brake discs
- CJJ
shows us how he removed the disc retaining screws that nearly
always snap over on the MG-Rover.org forum.
- Handbrake
- A lot of people ask how to adjust the handbrake, refer to
the handbrake section
on this page.
- Wheels and tyres
- Locking wheel nuts
- There has been a spate of the McGard type locking wheel nuts
failing. A shorter lock nut, possibly having a 24212 part number,
has been fitted for whatever reason, this 'bottoms out' on the stud,
over a few weeks it effectively pushes the end of the lock nut off,
have a look at
this post on the MG-Rover.org forum which shows a failed lock
nut in the lower picture. I was told by the supplier of a set that
failed on my TF that the McGard catalogue gave the incorrect number
for the F/TF.
For the record, the correct information for the McGard locking wheel nuts
is as follows;
- McGard part number - 82518
- MGR part number - XPT000175ACC
- McGard part number - 24157 can also be fitted, but these
lack the anti tamper sleeve that the 82518 nuts have. There
is no MGR part number for these.
The MG-Rover.org
online shop sells these for £19.99 (May 2007), but ignore
the picture of them, its the wrong one.
This has been discussed in depth in
this thread on the MG-Rover.org forum.
- Wheel bearings
- Dieter has
this page showing how to replace the rear wheel bearing.
- Suspension
- Andy Phillips covers the hydragas design used on the F
here on MG-Rover.org.
- Dieter has
this page on how to build your own hydragas pump - TAKE CARE
!!!
- Erik lists some suspension
options on his English Fantasy web site.
- the poly bush upgrade for the F is covered on Erik's site
here.
- Tony Thompson covers fitting of poly bushes on his site
here.
- a common issue that gets over looked is the grease nipple on
each of the front upper suspension arms. Mark Leonard took a photo
identifying its location on the
MG-Rover.org forum, its at the end of the rusty bent screwdriver
!!.
- Dieter has a page on a shock absorber upgrade for the MGF
here.
- Dieter even covers the various hydragas pumps available
here.
- Looking for a garage that can pump up your hydragas suspension
?, then try
The Hydragas Register.
- Jerry Herbert, 'MG TF nut', a member on the
SWMGF boards,
reminds us to
grease our nipples!!!, and a follow up thread showing a
modification to the nipple for better access with the grease
gun (you need to be a SWMGF member to view the treads).
- Debs has put
this thread together on the MGF Register forum, listing the
standard suspension settings and Sport Pack 1 (SP1) suspension settings for a TF.
The same data is tabulated below.
- Suspension settings - TF
| Suspension element |
Standard suspension |
Sports suspension |
| Front Wheel Alignment - Toe Out per side |
0 degrees +/- 6 minutes
0 degrees +/- 0.1 degrees
0 mm +/- 0.665 mm (15" rims)
0 mm +/- 0.709 mm (16" rims) |
0 degrees +/- 6 mins
0 degrees +/- 0.1 degs
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| Front Wheel Camber - Negative |
0 degrees 30 mins +/- 30 mins
0.5 degrees +/- 0.5 degrees
3.315 mm +/- 0.315 mm |
0 degrees +/- 05 mins
0 degrees +/- 0.08 degs
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| Front Wheel Castor - Positive |
4 degrees 50 mins +/- 1 degree
4.83 degrees +/- 1 degree
29.98 mm +/- 6.71 mm
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5 degrees 28 mins +/- 1 deg
5.47 degrees +/- 1 degree
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| King Pin Inclination |
11 degrees 40 minutes
11.71 degrees
78.71mm |
11 degs 40 minutes
11.67 degs +/-1 deg
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| Rear Wheel Alignment - Toe In per side |
0 degrees 15 min =/- 6 mins
0.25 degrees +/- 0.1 degree
1.662 mm +/- 0.67 mm (15" rims)
1.772 mm +/- 0.71 mm (16" rims) |
0 degrees 30 mins =/- 6 mins
0.5 degrees +/- 0.1 deg
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| Rear Wheel Camber - Negative |
1 degree +/- 30 mins
1 degree +/- 0.5 degree
6.71 mm +/- 0.315 mm |
1 degree 33 mins +/- 30 mins
1.55 degrees + / - 0.5 degree
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- Ride height - MGF
- Paul at DotComoff has
this article on how to check the ride height on an MGF
- Andy Phillips discusses ride height and hydragas
here on MG-Rover.org
- Greg Hiltons MGF FAQ has a section on ride height
here.
- Gear selection mechanism
- Dieter has a repair for a broken gear selector ball joint
here.
- Tony Thompson has a DIY fix for a split rear gear selector gaiter
here.
- Fitting the Mike Satur Slick Shift kit can be found on Tony
Thompson's site
here, and on Erik's site
here.
- Stepspeed / Steptronic / CVT gearbox
- Here is a
PDF
file giving a full description of the CVT gear box works. This
PDF file charts how the gearbox works in driving situations.
Thanks to TipperMG who posted
this thread on the MG-Rover.org forum
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