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jamesfawcett

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5th Jan, 2007 at 10:01:01am

i really struggled last night getting the front hubs back onto the metro, is there a secret way to do it??

I got the bottom ball joint in, then just cant get the top arm to raise high enough to get the top ball joint in. Ive tried jacking up the top arm but i didnt want to force it too much, is that how you do it? The haynes is rubbish again!

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5th Jan, 2007 at 10:53:47am

Yeah,when you pull it apart jack the car up underneath the bottom ball joint,Remove the rubber bump stop from under the top arm and put a bit of metal(socket etc) in place of the rubber bit.Take jack back out.
This holds the suspension compressed so you can get the hubs on and off


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5th Jan, 2007 at 01:34:12pm

How do the metro hubs differ from mini ones then?

I know the ball joints are slightly different and the steering arms are a different length, but are the ball joints further apart?

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jamesfawcett

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5th Jan, 2007 at 04:15:28pm

thankyou!! got them back on, managed to fit a piece of metal in place of the bump stopps and it worked fine, thankyou dangerous!!

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

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5th Jan, 2007 at 08:29:43pm

I assume your fitting the metro hubs to a metro ..... will upset the front geometry if used on a Mini

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jamesfawcett

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6th Jan, 2007 at 09:18:26am

yah, just to move the shell arround the garage

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3
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