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MG MGA - MGB Kingpin on MGA ?

Can i bolt a MGB kingpin on a MGA for discbrake convertion. Or will i get a wrong camber ?

Harry
HL Lagoni

I think the trunnions are too narrow on the B and require spacers. My car had MGB parts on the front when I got it and it had horrid negative camber. It now has the proper stuff.
Art Pearse

I have all MGB suspension on my A. There are no camber problems. To see what's involved, go to www.mgaguru.com

--Jack
JM Morris


I've done it a couple of times.
No problems with Camber but you need to retain the MGA shock absorber and make spacers for it's top piviot.

Also I find the steering rack ends need to be shortened by about 1/4" each side. Otherwise with MGB Steering arms you get too much toe out to drive the car.

Barney has a page here:

http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/suspensn/fs205a.htm

Good luck
Mark

Mark Hester

My 58 roadster has MGB front suspension I used MGB shocks swapped left to right with the arms reversed. MGA and MGB lower arms and pans are the same. Tierods get shortened about 1/2" each. Bolt in swap no cutting or drilling needed. Camber is not an issue.
R J Brown

An additional method:

http://www.rhodo.citymax.com/f/front_suspensionb.pdf
Bill Spohn

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