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Car Forum / MINI / August 2006

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RS - 10 Aug 2006 20:04 GMT
anyone out there know the size of these.  going to fit adjusta rides and
spax soon, and i have nothing larger than an inch.  just need the size so i
can buy one socket.  it is a LATE 2000 cooper sportspack.

cheers
RS
RS - 11 Aug 2006 17:51 GMT
its inch and 5/16th if anyone was interested.

thanks anyway
RS

> anyone out there know the size of these.  going to fit adjusta rides and
> spax soon, and i have nothing larger than an inch.  just need the size so
> i can buy one socket.  it is a LATE 2000 cooper sportspack.
>
> cheers
> RS
Taffy - 11 Aug 2006 22:16 GMT
Yes and get this months Mini Magazine as their covering fitting hi-lo's
in the technical features pages.

Taffy
Barspeed Beta Version 2.0 - 11 Aug 2006 22:27 GMT
about time, could have done with that article few months ago when fitting
coil suspension!!! lol

> Yes and get this months Mini Magazine as their covering fitting hi-lo's
> in the technical features pages.
>
> Taffy
RS - 11 Aug 2006 23:25 GMT
Thank you, Taffy, for reminding me - will pop out tomorrow and buy it.
think that will be a useful reference next to the haynes.

RS

> Yes and get this months Mini Magazine as their covering fitting hi-lo's
> in the technical features pages.
>
> Taffy
Taffy - 12 Aug 2006 16:33 GMT
Yes that feature should help you and I've had the Mini Sport
Adjusta-Ride system and Gas Spax adjustable dampers fitted to my 1990
Mainstream Mini Cooper for exactly a decade now, so I can thoroughly
recommend them as top quality stuff too!

Oh and leave the plastic tops/covers on the Adjusta-Ride trumpets as
their there to keep dirt and water out of the threaded area, but you
will need a cone compressor so you can safely remove the old standard
trumpets.  I believe all Mini's from 1976 onwards use the coarser
thread (thicker/wider thread on the cone compressor as it's safer) as
it matches the thread used in the actual rubber cones and it's worth
coating the actual threads on the cone compressor with grease, so it
engages more smoothly and there's less chance of cross threading.

Sometimes it's easier to do the rears first as you obviously don't need
the cone compressor there, but you can then clearly tell which threads
you need to use on the compressor anyway.

Oh and good luck with removing the old nylon cups, we had to use a blow
torch to melt & distort them to get them off.

Taffy
 
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