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No way this sort of failure should happen, even with track use. Pleased to hear you are ok and continuing to enjoy your holiday.
Martin (Deano)
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Neil , I didn't realize there was an EVO incident as well as the Autocar one .
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Big question mark over the chassis/lower wishbone weld failure .and the poor Morgan breakdown arangements with the local agent .
Geneva 2016 plus 8' The Green Godess' 4 side exits .
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I had to insist the vehicle was taken to the Morgan agent - Morgan Insurance uses a third party breakdown service in France which has no specialist knowledge of Morgans and just tries to find the nearest place. They were looking for classic car and motorbike workshops and were not aware of the Morgan agents in Paris and Dinan until I told them. They then dialled the wrong number and thought Dinan were closed: the M3W could have been delivered to them and a parts list assembled before close of play yesterday. As it is, it will be c.noon on Monday.
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No way this sort of failure should happen, even with track use. Pleased to hear you are ok and continuing to enjoy your holiday. +1
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M3W5sp 2015, MSCC, MTWC, Oxon UK
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That was the one I was thinking of Paul .
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“Morgan has said it will supply new lower wishbones free to existing owners who want them. They will take an hour to fit, but Morgan insists it is not issuing a recall.”
Put me on the list please, if someone is going to contact morgan.
Last edited by Q8morgan; 03/06/18 05:15 PM.
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That’s a scary arse failure....
I make a lot of wishbones for people and I’ve not had a failure yet
Where’s the wrap around the tube for the rubber bush that means the weld is supported?
Now I shall probably get a boll**king from the factory but from the pictures (and admittedly this is conjecture) it looks like the rear leg failed in the HAZ (heat affected zone) next to the weld for the bushing tube and the front failed because it was no longer supported by the rear
So that’s either by bad design or poor welding or insufficient material specification
Or all 3
I believe the early wishbone failures were outboard of the coilover mount and due to the bending moment because of the design
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Yikes. That's truly scary. So glad you're OK.
If there's anything I can do to help, PM me.
Giles. Mogless in Paris.
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