Front wheels a scrapin

[vpr]

I have 2000 cooper sport with the mandatory superlites.

On full left lock the o/s front wheel fould on the arch. The car has not been involved in an accident but it would appear that the o/s/f wheel sits further forward in the wheel arch that the n/s. Is this adjustable?

The car needs it's geometry set up from scratch anyway.Can anyone recomend anyone in Kent? Are they into later Minis at MLMotorsport for example?

Your help would be appreciated.

[fwdracer]

Production tolerances can do this. It sounds like one side is running more castor, pushing it further forward in the arch and therefore prone to catching the (already cutaway) lip. A set (pair) of adjustable tiebars will sort this out, as well as correcting the castor angle back to the intended 3.5 degrees it should have had when it left the factory.

While you are putting the adjustable tierods on, I'd plump for some negative camber bottom arms, get the rear set up with some adjustable camber brackets and get the whole geometry set up done in one go (4-wheel aligned). The car will go round corners on rails...

If you are in Kent, i'd try Gerald Dale motorsport.

[eccles]

Gerald is a top chap, we've taken my mates car to him a couple of times, and it was well worth the trek down there!

[vpr]

Thanks guys most helpfull.

I''ve got the car up on a ramp this morning and can see no reason apart from adjustment. I thought I might find a bend tie rod at least but no damage at all.

where will I find Gerald?

[fwdracer]

www.geralddale.co.uk/AboutUs.html

Unit 1
Ninfiled Garage
Bexhill Road
Ninfild (Nr Battle)
East Sussex
TN33 9EE

01424 893903

[Dino42]

vpr said:

the o/s/f wheel sits further forward in the wheel arch that the n/s. Is this adjustable?

I'm sure you wouldn't, but don't be tempted to use adjustable tie bars to correct the wheel's position in the arch.
If the geometry checks out OK, the adjustable bit is by resetting the wing!!

[vpr]

My original thought was that it could be the wing but they're all original.

Someone suggested that the sub-frame monts could be worn and that teh whole unit has moved.