No, these were the base plates under the spring, where the u-bolts go
through to hold the axle to the leaf spring. My guess is that the base
plates are smaller on the MGA and reusing the MGA plates required some
rework. I'll have to ask for more details when I see him next, but to
me, this presents rather minor issues.
Driveshaft length, mountings on a driveshaft flange; those things
represent important issues. I believe these were of little consequnce
to him, though, because he converted this car to a V6 with a 5-speed, so
I think it already had driveshaft modification to be done.
Here's the car:
http://www.homestead.com/ctmgclub/files/bbts/bbts136.jpg
Max Heim wrote:
>I hope he drilled new holes in an offset pattern, and didn't just wallow out
>the existing holes. Loose bolt holes on a driveshaft flange will result in
>broken bolts, sooner or later -- no amount of torque on the nuts will
>prevent play under acceleration, and any play acts as a sledgehammer on the
>bolts.
>
>on 4/3/05 5:16 PM, Jim Juhas at james.f.juhas@snet.net wrote:
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>
>
>>except that the holes in the base plates (stock MGB) need to be enlarged so as
>>to accommodate the different spacing on the smaller MGA u-bolts.
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