Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Three Wheeler & Super 3 Front Shock Spring in Action video

I fixed my tire rubbing.
centered up the fender on the tire by adjusting the mount.
On the lower brace arm there is two screws that we moved the bottom of the fender to center up on the tire.

The ohlins have been working great.

I did hear back from Ohlins and will follow up on the other forum thread.

The net-net is while the springs collapse they don't touch each other so there working in the right way.
The issue just maybe Morgan's design of the shock angle being too steep at 45 degrees

Here is Gary's comments after watching the video of the springs/shock in action:

JV,

It’s important to note that nothing was ‘broke(n)’ on your shocks. The rebound needle was jammed on one, which is traditionally caused by the adjuster being turned past it’s stop-point. The shock that was leaking, well, sometimes mechanical devices leak when they are not supposed to. The factors that make a shock leak have nothing to do with what it’s mounted on. It could have been an ATV, a motorcycle, or a 3-wheeled Morgan.

I’m concerned about the ‘hard metal to metal sound.’ That can’t be good. The spring should never coil-bind. If it is in a coil-bind condition, the act of binding will leave a tell-tale line where the coils touch each other; removing the yellow powdercoat.

Check the coil spring for the signs of coil-bind. If you find none, the mechanical sound has to be coming from another point in the linkage. If it is coil-bind, we have a stroke problem.

Regards,

Gary Christopher
Service Manager - Motorcycle Division

Definitely interested in what you find about the coil bind. Is there a point in your video where this metal on metal sound is occurring? I've played through it a few times and didn't really catch that. Even in the heavy turns. I did hear sort of a clunky rattle every now and again but it didn't seem to be synced with the spring movement.

Is it something that you hear when driving as well or just noticed in the video?

I listened very carefully and noted that the revs never get up and that the engine is lugging most of the time. When that happens the compensator will get noisy and make metal to metal sounds that are not at all good.

Have a look for free play at the forward top wishbone bushes; the one that shares the mounting brackets with the shock top mount. You might need to shim up the gap with some washers as the brackets are set much further apart than the length of the wishbone bush centre tube. I've had to straighten up and shim this connection on all three chassis that I've had.
Of course, you might already have this done!
Best of luck finding the source of the clattering.