Got a bit of a problem recently when 3 of my mates and I decided to do a road trip in the clubbie.
To cut a long story short, we had to ditch one of them because my left hand rear tyre wore a nice groove in it everytime we went over a pebble.
I now have a nice 1/2cm groove in back left hand tyre.
Is there any way of doing anything with the suspension to alter the height or should I just tell my mates to lose weight.

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Just ditch the mates! Makes any mini go slower!!!

U can fit shims in between the rear trumpet and the ball to raise either side of the rear suspension, provided you have dry suspension..

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Ok, where from??

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Sorry.... I should of first asked if you have hydro suspension or dry?

If its hydro someone else maybe able to help out, if its dry then follow this.



Where from wat? Shims are just washers of selected thicknesses from bunnings... Rear suspension means rear of ur car left or right wheel...

This is the rear trumpet. U need to remove this and fit washers between the ball and the trumpet. This is located at the other end of the trumpet to which is shown in this guys hand.

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Umm, ok I thought they were specialised.

So I go to bunnings and ask them for shims right??

I'll give it a go tonight. Thanks for your help

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Provided u have dry suspension... U may need to experiment with thickness's.

What profile tyres do you have on the rear? Do they have enough air in them?

Washers come in a lot of different diameters, so you will need to know wat size the inside diameter must be... I couldnt tell you off the top of my head.

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actually im pretty sure its hydro. Cant remember on the tyres, I've got 12" rims and whatevers standard. Got them from Tempe tyres.

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A 72 clubby would be hydro unless someone has converted it.
If hydro, either it needs pumping up or the rear bumpstops have had it.
If replacing rear bumpstops, I recommend fitting the competition hydro kit.

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There ya go its hydro, so you can simply forget anything that i have posted here!!!!!

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any idea of where to get hydro's pumped up?

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Ummm, it would help if we knew where ya is at...
I can do it in Sydney west, but there are lots of people around with pumps.
Or, make your own...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

i rotated my front and back tyres and never carried 5 people again. it slowly loses the cut as the tyre wears down

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Enjoy Chris

I thought Minis only have the seating capacity for 4 persons?

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I have sealbelst for 5 so legally i bleieve if theres a seatbelt you're allowed to use them.

I still thought that you still had to have it registered for 5 people even though you may have 5 seat belts.

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