Do you have to remove the rear subframe to remove the rear trailing arms?

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

no just undo the bolts on the end

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

Thanks - been procrastinating on doing the swingarm bearings cause I wasn't looking foreward to pulling the subframe out

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

David,,, Remover the lower shocky mounting nut & undo the bracket on the outer end of the trailing arm i...st held on with 4 bolts,,, 2 underneath & 2 vertically just inside near the end of the trailing arm

please don`t get confused with the subframe mounting bolts,,, don`t undo those

& then you will want to undo the nut at the inner end of the trailing arm

with the brake cable & brake hose both undone you should be able to rip the thing outa there



easy-peasy

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Question - if the arm is out of alignment cause it's hit the gutter hard at some time will new bush etc fix that or will the subframe be out of wack as well?

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Really depends, it be one or the other, could be both.

Sometimes the cast steel arms bend, sometimes the subby.
If it's miles out of whack find another arm.
Is it the Moke? or Mini...

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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.

No it's the Mini - when I first got it I did up the brakes and put new shockers on and when the new tyres went on they rubbed on the shocker - I added a spacer (centre out of a brake drum) to give me a thin finger clearance. Now I'm planning to do the bushes I figure I may as well try and get to the bottom of the problem.

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Dave if it`s hit the gutter then it`s probably all out of whack,,, the arm, the subframe & if the hit was big enough then the body is probly bent too

i would replace the arm with a known good one (will need a jig to know for sure tho) & then any other correction needed can be don`r by modifying the outer bracket,,, if it`s still very bad then sometimes i`ve had to modify the inner hole on the frame & re-adjust the outer to suit

It all can be a bit of a pain to correct ,,, but well worth the effort to repair,,, not onlky will you have confidence in it`s handling, more so in wet weather,,, but also you won`t be spending silly sums of money continuall replacing worn tyres on the corner

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.