Morris Minor Owners Club

Can someone tell me the correct torque value for the wheel attaching bolts on the Series MM. Paul Follett. manlyvaleaussie

I don't know but worth first checking that they haven't cracked near te holes, worn oval or have worn away with a step so that when torqued down they bottom out on the drum before they clamp the wheel down.
If worn down then I have a fix available.

Handbook merely says to make sure bolts are 'tight'.

But not as tight as a 'modern' with 12mm bolts pulled up to 110nm!
Many moons ago I changed the studs in the hubs as they had obviously been over tightened as one was stretched at its base where the pitch between threads was about 4 times what it should have been!
I saved it as I couldn't believe it hadn't broke, I'd put a photo of it up but not sure where it was filed.

Alan

Usual fix is fit soft iron washers until you can get some good 2nd hand wheels. 45lbs/ft is enough. Depends whether the bolts are unf or bsf.

Posted before but maybe worth adapting if you need something that is both safe and cosmetically acceptable? Lathe the nuts down to look like Series MM ones?

Hi Rob, did you put the studs in from the inside of the brake drum with a flange on the back?

Nah, I just cut the long bolts down and used thread lock to hold them in place, screwing them in to the right length. Ford 60 degree 7/16 nuts are perfect.