I would like to thank Brian, for his succinct and pointed response, as usual.
More importantly, I think that a bit of background information might be in order.
This all started as I was disappointed with the bump steer on my Three Wheeler, and Morgan did not either acknowledge the problem, or seem to be doing anything about it. We know now of course that they did know about it and were working on a solution, but that's with hindsight.
I took my car to a local hillclimb single seater fabricator, who I hoped might be able to devise a solution with to the incorrect geometry. He kept my car for 4 days, did a lot of measurements and came to the solution that we now have. One of my stipulations was that the car should be able to be returned to the original spec. if required, this meant that the taper in the steering arm could not be drilled out to take a bolt from top to bottom. The charge for this work incidentally, was considerably more than they subsequently sold the kits for.
Once I had the car back, and having done some miles I mentioned here that there was a solution and that Empire were prepared to make up some more kits if anybody wanted them. They did this more as a favour to me, than any kind of commercial operation, and they only did this when they had some time between making and repairing their race cars, which is why it took some time to get the kits out. There had to be a minimum number of CNC parts made, which is why I made quite a few postings Brian, trying to find out if there were enough people who wanted them, otherwise the whole idea would've been dropped there and then. I was not aggressively marketing this kit, but I am not prepared to argue with you about your interpretation of this, other than to say that I spent considerable time doing all of this and corresponding with people about it.
Contrary to opinion, Empire is a very small, hands on operation, and does not have the capacity or resources to get the kits out, which is why I have spent a lot of my time, coordinating these kits, boxing them up and sending them out to all who wanted one, and without exception everyone who has fitted the kit has been very pleased with the improvement in the drivability of their car. Yes, I did say that if someone wasn't pleased with the improvement, then I am sure Empire would refund the cost, to date no-one has asked for a refund. I don't know what, if any, profit they made out of the kit, and I'm not about to ask either, but I do know that they would have been far more expensive if they had been sold at a commercial price. So it's all very well calling for Empire to send letters out to everybody and saying they should be ashamed of themselves, but they do not have these resources, do not know who bought kits, as I coordinated that, nor do I have a record of all the people who bought kits either, after this length of time, which is why I asked in my earlier post, that anyone who had a kit fitted and was concerned should contact me directly, I would then feed these back to Empire, who would be able to assess the requirement for stronger risers, made from Stainless Steel. May I remind people that Empire are not registered here, cannot post and do not follow the various threads.
Only one person, so far has bothered to contact me. Some preferring to complain vociferously here, which is their right of course, but isn't going to help get things sorted. These kits have not been sold to owners outside of TM, simply because they are not a commercial exercise, each set of wishbones being made individually by hand. I'm sure that anyone who has one will be following this thread, even if they do not contribute, which is why I made the request to contact me, with the advice that if they are at all worried, they should substitute the Empire risers and track rod ends, for the original Morgan items, which will ensure safety, which is paramount.
All I can do at this moment is to repeat what I have been told, that there is no obvious cause for two of the breakages, and the third was not correctly fitted. Using a stronger material should help, but I am not an engineer, merely a facilitator.
