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MG TD TF 1500 - Need help stabilizer link

Hi guys
In my rebuild, I took off the engine stabilizer link to renew the rubbers. I found that the right hand threaded screw (near engine) is bent. (I was going to post a photo, but it went beyond my expertise).
Does any one of you have a spare link in your parts box? At the very least, I need the right hand thread screw. I have the rest of it.
AS lists the parts seperately, but they are "out".
My gress is that it has been bent for years. It is the portion hidden by the water pump and pulley.

If anyone can help, let me know your particulars and I'll be eternally grateful.

Thanks in advance

Tom
'54 TF
T Norby

Which part is bent? The end that goes into the large threaded hex spacer or the end that has the rubber grommets on it?

If the latter you can probably thread some nuts on and then 'coax' it back into shape with a hammer and anvil.
Chris Couper

Thanks Chris
I managed to get a pic posted. It is the screw end with right hand threads that goes into the bracket behind the water pump pulley. Abingdon Spares part
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Tom
'54 TF

T Norby

First off you will need to remove it from the large spacing nut. You may need to clamp the free end in a vice and back off the lock nut. Then you can use a wrench to remove the spacer.

I think if you have a good sized vice you can tap it multiple times into a decent shape. Don't try to do it all in one hit. Also you will need to secure it in the vice where its bent so you don't put another bend into it. Also you may find that you have to roll it around a bit as you go.
Chris Couper

The lock and spacer nuts are all loose. That is not a problem. I decided AGAINST trying to bend it back, as this unit takes a lot of torque. I hate to weaken it. Want to try to find a replacement.
What to you'all think? Bend it back, or replace???

Tom
T Norby

Tom,
I would thing that you can bend it back,,, as long as you can still thread a nut on it,, The only "torque" on the rod is what you put on it as you are turning the nut,,The only forces on the rod are tension and compression to hold the engine from rocking.

Use wooden blocks between it and the vice jaws to protect the threads.

SPW
STEVE WINCZE

Place the stabilizer in a vice as Steve stated above. Take a closed end box wrench (9/16" or larger) and placed it over the bent end, using the box wrench as a lever, carefully bend the rod until it is straight again.
D. Sander

All right. That is what I will do.
Thanks all.

Tom
T Norby

Tom, in order to preserve the threads on this kind of a problem, I use two wood paint sticks on either side of the bent part. Then clamp this in your vice to straighten. The wood takes the damage but not the threads. Steve and I are on the same wavelength.
Jim Merz

Anyone having posts disappear? I posted on this earlier today and it is not there now.. Yes, should be easy to straighten. I may have an extra in my attic, may be Fri/Saturday until I have a chance to look. George
George Butz

Tom,

I may have a spare as well. I'll try to check to night after work.

Kirk
Kirk Trigg

Tom,

When helping a friend collect a 53 TD in pieces I had the same problem. Be very careful. The threaded rod broke with very little pressure. The break occurred at the end of the right hand thread.

Hope yours was from a better batch of steel.


Jim Haskins 1953 TD
J. M. Haskins

George, I've run into that. I've responded to a thread late in the evening and then looked at the thread in the morning and discovered that my response wasn't there at all. Was wondering if I was pushing all of the buttons. Bud
Bud Krueger

Tom,

I'm sorry to report that the spare stabilizer rod that I have was cast into my spares bin for a reason. The threads are shot and completely unusable.

Kirk
Kirk Trigg

Thanks a lot Kirk;
George, maybe you'll find one in the attic this weekend. I will try to re-bend but am very open to finding a replacement.

Tom
'54 TF
T Norby

I have one Tom. Drop me your address bruce dot cunha at charter dot net.
Bruce Cunha

Thanks anyway Bruce
Got one from George B.

Tom
T Norby

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