Morris Minor Owners Club

ok - so we have the traveller in eastenders, lovejoy's convertible, the antiques roadshow, the "it says morris on the door" van in madness's "driving in my car", and the fact they were cruelly usurped by minis for the original italian job but any other "cultural" spots...

The caliper seems to have centred itself after a run. I think I may not have assembled it correctly. All is in bits now anyway, I am replacing the bearings on one side to see if that fixes the issue. Will do as suggested when reassembling.

There is some slight movement/play on the n/s bearing, but none at all on the o/s. I think I've read somewhere that roller bearing hubs should either be pre-loaded, or have no pre-load, but can't remember which. These are not original Minor hubs and bearings, they are replacement hubs for Ford discs...

I think it's a wheel bearing.
Short clip of n/s wheel. Spins easily, but makes a slight grinding/scraping noise.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Cz-CRNyvdks

O/s for comparison, doesn't spin quite as easily, but silent.

https://youtube.com/shorts/c4LZgy3xvX8

Both front wheel bearings feel smooth and quiet when spun on their own without discs or calipers. With discs and calipers, there is the slight scraping noise of the pads lightly bearing against the disc, but that's all. When I drive the car, I can hear a rhythmic grinding/scraping sound, that is rel...

Question. Would a worn or faulty wheel bearing only be noisy with the weight of the car on it? Or would it be noisy when the wheels are off and the bearing is spun on its own as well? They are roller bearings.

Cheers N

O/s done tonight. With the wheel off, there is a slight binding noise, but only what I'd expect from a disc. With the caliper and rotor removed, the bearing runs smooth and quiet, as the n/s does. I stripped, cleaned and reassembled the caliper. Again, the sliding pins were dry and a little stiff, b...

Good idea, I'll try the tippex trick. No, the disc does not appear warped, I've tried spinning it. I'll check the gap on the other side today.

I wouldn't say there is *large* pad movement on the o/s, but movement can be seen, compared to the n/s, where I couldn't see any movement. Both sides got very hot after a run, about the same at an unscientific guess. Not checked the o/s pad thickness yet, that's a job for tomorrow. For the sake of c...

I've had the n/s caliper apart this evening. It was stiff, so I've cleaned it up, and put some silicon grease on the sliding pins. The bearing runs smoothly and quietly without the disc on it, so I think I can rule that out. However, with the disc and caliper reassembled to it still seems to bind a ...

A road trip at lunchtime revealed that the noise is definitely coming from the front, though not easy to differentiate between right & left. Also I stopped a couple of times to check the discs, and each time, they were too hot to touch comfortably, on both sides. I guess there's going to be some...

It could be the inner wheel rubbing. That was the case with mine and they do mention the wheel spacers required in the instructions that I got from ESM. Regards Declan Do you mean the inner edge of the road wheel? I can't see anything that is rubbing on, and there is no evidence of scrubbing on the...

I don't *think* it's a wheel bearing, as both seem to run smoothly, with no visible play. The n/s is definitely noisier than the o/s when turned by hand, I'm fairly sure this is pad noise rather than bearing noise, but I haven't had the pads out yet. I've not noticed any discs running hot, but will ...

I have a Ford based disc brake setup on my Minor. Recently, a rhythmic grinding/grating noise has appeared, clearly related to road speed. With the wheels off, the nearside disc is noticeably noisier than the o/s when turning by hand, and when the brake pedal is pressed, although the wheel locks wel...

In other news, I swapped the BFY needle in the HIF44 for a BDL yesterday. The result, while not out of this world, is definitely noticeable. The BFY seemed to give plenty of mid-range torque, but lacked a bit in the lower and upper ranges. The BDL seems to even this out, and the result is a more dri...

Nigel - having refreshed my memory regarding the one of my cars with a HIF38 on it, I'd suggest checking a couple of things: 1. Is the return spring on the choke mechanism present and correctly tensioned? Yes, the spring is there, it's a coil spring wound around the shaft that the choke cam pivots ...

A further 220 miles trouble free running this weekend, 110 miles each way, with a trailer, to do house clearance. The car has now passed the 500 mile mark since the head & new gasket went back on, so I will re-torque it sometime before I next use it. The car ran smoothly and pulls well, but the ...

Mine is definitely a Marina engine then. Can the Maestro crankshaft & seal housing be retro-fitted to a Marina engine?

In other news, it passed the MOT.

Cheers N

Running wise, it's going ok. Nearly 300 miles so far, no water loss and going quite nicely. MOT tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me!

I should have also mentioned that the oil filter is at the upper rear of the block, so it's definitely not off a Midget.
What other cars had transverse 1275 A-series engines?