Front Wheel Death Wobble - FIXED 1936 Morgan 4/4

My 1936 Morgan 4/4 sports car had been experiencing a severe wheel wobble when driving, especially when going over potholes and ruts.
When I was changing the oil, after replacing the blown head gasket, I noticed that the right hand side spring damper blade was fractured. This 1936 car appears to have a slightly different (possibly home-made?) spring blade mounting. This one uses a slotted hole in the inboard mount rather than the clamping plate which is used on later models. I made a replacement blade from 1.8mm thick steel sheet. The steel sheet is not spring steel but should be OK as the 'spring' is operating in the elastic range of the material. On test driving the car, after replacing the blade, there was no trace of the wheel wobble oscillation.

[@ChrisEbbrsen]

Thank you Sir! Lovely old Morgan! Enjoyed very much. Sorry your head gasket blew. Happy motoring.

[@DougsShed]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Head gasket all fixed and the Morgan is put away for the winter.

[@RustyGlovebox]

Great job Doug on the strut repair. The Morgan is as good as ever now. The new head gasket fixed your issue perfectly too. Have a great week my friend

[@DougsShed]

Hi Lloyd, I think most things are fixed now. On my first drive since replacing the head gasket, I got 1 mile down the road and there was a loud rattling from the engine. I hadn't fully tightened one of the rocker posts and the valve gear was rattling off the valve cover. Easy fix at the side of the road (luckily I had packed tools).

[@niallsommerville9813]

Combined Hub Cap retainer and bearing dust cap is a lovely detail.

[@DougsShed]

Hi Niall, quite a neat solution. Problem with 16" wheels is finding suitable (cheap) tyres.

[@hhgttg69]

if one side has sheared off, makes me wonder how good the other side is

[@DougsShed]

My thoughts too!

[@zoewright1126]

⁠but have u checked it Doug?

[@nicboyes7118]

No messing around at 10:03 ✅

[@DougsShed]

Hi Nic, good use of gravity to check suspension.