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Old 14th May 2021, 22:00   #91
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I've seen others like that described as crow's feet Steve. They're really just open ended jaws with a ratchet handle drive on the end. Proper crow's feet have a hexagon or bi-hexagon profile and pincer shaped jaws.

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I presume you are referring to these below.

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I have a set of those Steve, no use at all for the droplink upper nuts.
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I have a set of those Steve, no use at all for the droplink upper nuts.

Because you have to drop them over the nut, like a ring spanner.
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I presume you are referring to these below.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324345927....c100041.m2061
Yes Steve, the "flare" design particularly being superior. However all the crow's foot attachments I have had measured are too wide to fit into the shroud (even 3/8 in. drive) surrounding the securing nut*. I've another to investigate on Monday morning but it's looking increasingly likely that using a torque wrench on this is going to be impossible (with the spring fitted).

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* This is made more difficult by the nut size being increased from 15mm to 17mm.
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Hi Mike
Thanks for the info, they have not ever left the case since i purchased them i suppose one day they may come in handy, regarding the drop links i will stick to my ground down spanners they just slip over the thread that have not been cut, ones which have 5mm taken off they easy go over.
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Yes Steve, the "flare" design particularly being superior. However all the crow's foot attachments I have had measured are too wide to fit into the shroud (even 3/8 in. drive) surrounding the securing nut*. I've another to investigate on Monday morning but it's looking increasingly likely that using a torque wrench on this is going to be impossible (with the spring fitted).

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* This is made more difficult by the nut size being increased from 15mm to 17mm.

I fitted a pair a while back and the new ones had 17mm nuts that soon found their way into my 17mm nut and bolt box to be replaced with 15mm.


I couldn't fathom out why the manufacturer went up to 17mm.
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I couldn't fathom out why the manufacturer went up to 17mm.
Hi Bill,

The thread is M10 on both Bill so it seems that the original flanged nuts, 15mm
AF, were a custom size. Why would MG Rover go to the expense of that? Perhaps it's because useful rotation of a 15mm open-ended spanner is available whereas it's very restricted with a bulkier 17mm open-ended spanner.

I'm also going to re-use the original 15mm nuts at the strut end.

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The original spec. 15mm AF flanged locknuts (not Nylok) are the same part that's still used on the lower suspension arm outer balljoint to hub fitting, part. no. FX 110057.
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Hi Mike
Thanks for the info, they have not ever left the case since i purchased them i suppose one day they may come in handy....
Mine neither mate - I bought them for a specific job at work, and then they updated the design and did away with that particular nut.
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Tighten the bottom nut when the weight of the car is on the suspension.As Rover/MG indicated.
Hi David,

I thought you'd like to know that I've found out the reason for this. With the road spring relaxed and the hub hanging under its own weight, the anti-roll bar link bottom balljoint pin is 3 cm lower than the hole in the anti-roll bar. It simply cannot be fitted unless the road spring is partially compressed by some means.

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Are you joking Simon, or don't you understand how anti roll bars work?
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