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Mechanical Genius 19th April 2018 22:06

Thinking about that Bri,if the hole is not central the drain holes will not line up with the cut outs in the rubber spring cushion.

marinabrian 19th April 2018 22:07

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Originally Posted by Mechanical Genius (Post 2621386)
Brian,I just fitted an O/S one to an early V6 yesterday with ARB and all seemed OK but i will check them out.I got a couple of full sets when they were on offer,tried to get more today but they have gone up in price now.

Can your phone receive picture messages?, I'll send you a pic

clf 19th April 2018 22:10

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Originally Posted by marinabrian (Post 2621377)
So can you see what is wrong with the arm in that picture Alan ;)

No lol. (are you saying the locator for the isolator is out of position?

This was the image I was trying to link to, hard to make anything out in it though.

https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/a...5&d=1514134090

The arms and springs all were quite straightforward, with everything seemingly seating ok.

The arms themselves were purchased nearly 3 years ago now, and were apparently the last of the then batch.

clf 19th April 2018 22:15

The image in this EBay ad show the non central ARB bracket

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROVER-75-...4383.l4275.c10

Mechanical Genius 19th April 2018 22:17

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Originally Posted by marinabrian (Post 2621388)
Can your phone receive picture messages?, I'll send you a pic

Can you e mail it or messenger

marinabrian 19th April 2018 22:19

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Originally Posted by clf (Post 2621394)
No lol. (are you saying the locator for the isolator is out of position?

This was the image I was trying to link to, hard to make anything out in it though.

https://the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/a...5&d=1514134090

The arms and springs all were quite straightforward, with everything seemingly seating ok.

The arms themselves were purchased nearly 3 years ago now, and were apparently the last of the then batch.

That is exactly what I'm saying Alan, along with the bracket for the anti roll bar :(

For some reason I cannot get the picture to upload, I have a picture of the old one against the new, and it's as plain as day :cool:

clf 19th April 2018 22:24

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Originally Posted by marinabrian (Post 2621399)
That is exactly what I'm saying Alan, along with the bracket for the anti roll bar :(

For some reason I cannot get the picture to upload, I have a picture of the old one against the new, and it's as plain as day :cool:

They are the ones I have fitted, bought nearly 3 years ago, (but fitted last September). I cannot find the original image, to crop a larger resolution of it, but you can see in them, that the ARB bracket is quite central. So perhaps it is a batch issue. In saying that, and looking at the various ebay listings, the ARB brackets all seem to be of centre. :eek:

clf 19th April 2018 22:32

This is the old one

[IMG]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/839/4...7c3b29c0_b.jpgupper arrn 2 by clf1592, on Flickr[/IMG]

https://flic.kr/p/24YnuGZ

marinabrian 19th April 2018 22:56

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Originally Posted by Mechanical Genius (Post 2621396)
Can you e mail it or messenger

For some reason I can't seem to email the picture from my phone Gary :shrug:

But after measuring the isolator mounting hole, it appears to be 10mm further inboard, meaning the isolator fouls the radius part of the spring pan.

I've removed the spring from the isolator, and it's possible to stand on the centre to push it through the hole, and rotate it to lock it into place, but the flat section is raised up and I suspect the only cure would be to reduce the diameter of the isolator by cutting 5mm overall from the diameter.

The drainage holes do line up with the cutouts, I shall have to take some more measurements tomorrow to see if the position of the spring relative to the fulcrum bolt, and outer bolt remains the same as the original, and then work out if it will be necessary to cut off the ARB bracket and weld it back in the correct position.

You don't expect to have to fettle genuine parts though, to say I'm disappointed is an understatement :(

Brian :D

clf 19th April 2018 23:01

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Originally Posted by marinabrian (Post 2621413)
For some reason I can't seem to email the picture from my phone Gary :shrug:

But after measuring the isolator mounting hole, it appears to be 10mm further inboard, meaning the isolator fouls the radius part of the spring pan.

I've removed the spring from the isolator, and it's possible to stand on the centre to push it through the hole, and rotate it to lock it into place, but the flat section is raised up and I suspect the only cure would be to reduce the diameter of the isolator by cutting 5mm overall from the diameter.

The drainage holes do line up with the cutouts, I shall have to take some more measurements tomorrow to see if the position of the spring relative to the fulcrum bolt, and outer bolt remains the same as the original, and then work out if it will be necessary to cut off the ARB bracket and weld it back in the correct position.

You don't expect to have to fettle genuine parts though, to say I'm disappointed is an understatement :(

Brian :D

I wonder if the Roewe 750 has a different ARB set up to both MG7 and 75/ZT? :shrug:


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