Welcome to the friends forum, Richard. I think others also thought the torque tube anchor might have been a good bet but it seems he has checked it out.

Perhaps Dave will revisit this thread and report his findings.

Ray.

Location: Derby

Resetting the torque tube anchor " as per the manual " does not stop the mounting twisting. May be worth another look. Took me some time to spot this.

Richard M.

Location: Just North of Hadrians Wall

Always worth a second look

Location: Derby

Just found this old thread on YouTube and thought, What was the cause ? Having checked the tread again there was no explanation.It's a bit of a shame that contributors give a lot of thought and time to help only to be left in the dark as to the cause. Was it ever fixed or did Dave sell the problem on?

Location: Piddle valley, Dorchester.

I appreciate that this thread stopped a long time ago but I just want to say what a great forum this is. On a number of occasions I have done a simple key-word search on Austin 7 mechanical issues and this website pops up. On this occasion I did a search after spending a fairly tough week replacing a back axle on a A7 special I recently purchased at auction. The original back axle had broken teeth on the crown wheel. It had quite a few mods (7 inch hydraulic brakes on modified back-plates etc). Took a solid week to replicate the modifications and to replace. Needless to say I was full of trepidation about just how successful the replacement would be as I was not 100% sure about how well set up the new early axel would be. Heart sink when I got a clunking sound pulling off in FWD gears...hence the link here. Cut to the chase....one of the suggestions made early on was to check the torque tube socket/ball joint. Sure enough, when I pushed upwards it travelled about 3/4 inch! I thought I have seated it correctly but clearly not. Adjustment made, clunking gone! The relief was palpable. Thanks to this forum. David

Location: Derbyshire