MGA Tube Shocks form MGB to MGA

[bobmga62]

A little info here guys... I bought a tube shock conversion off of E bay listed for MGB's only ( the vendor himself was unaware that they would fit a MGA)

Anyway, they fit perfectly, and the total setup was less than $100... what I do like as well, In a future date in can interchange a number of different tube shocks over the Monroes that came with the kit..

Its an easy fix... EXCEPT...you need to remove the spring u bolts...and if your MGA may be like mine, where they have been untouched for 40+ years, even with all kinds of heat to loosen them up, I snapped two of them..

so make sure you have additions spring u bolts on hand for back up...

(fiortuanately I went up into the rafters of my garage and dug around the miscellaneous piles of junk that have been there for 20 years... and there they were... spring u bolts from a long ago dis-assembled MGB!)

Any other questions, just post or PM me... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Steve_S]

Personally I never saw the point of changing to tube shocks. The Armstrong units will far outlast a tube shock and IMHO do an equal job of damping the spring action. But it's good to know that there is another part interchangable between models! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[SilentUnicorn]

hey fellas, while we are on the subject.... will a 79 b rear end fit on an A? if not why not?

thanx
mark

 

[Steve_S]

If I'm not mistaken, the difference is the location of the spring attachment points. Otherwise I don't see why not.

 

[TXCoyote]

Probably not a bad idea to change those U-Bolts anyway if they snapped. They were probably weak.