Perhaps a leacky cilnder causes fluid to come onto the brake lines.
Wet brake lines can cause this type of behaviour.
Cheers,
Hans
going to holiday in the river Loire area in France soon...
'71 BGT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leckstein [SMTP:bleckstein@mail.monmouth.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 11:20 PM
> To: Art Pfenninger; Scott McKorkle
> Cc: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
> Subject: Re: Rear brake locking up
>
> At 04:35 PM 7/8/99 -0400, Art Pfenninger wrote:
> >Might be a bad shock causing the car to bounce as it stops.
> >...Art
> >
> >On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Scott McKorkle wrote:
> >
> >> I noticed a minor problem yesterday with my 78B. When braking to a
> stop at
> >> slow speed, the left rear wheel is locking up, causing it to chirp
> against
> >> the pavement. This is noticeable with anything more than light braking
> >> pressure applied. I don't notice anything when braking at speed. I
> >> adjusted the rear brakes, but the problem hasn't gone away. I plan to
> dig
> >> into this tonight, but wanted to check your combined wisdom for any
> >> pointers beforehand.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Scott McKorkle
> >> 1978 MGB
>
> Rebuild the rear cylinders or replace them.
>
> Mike
> >
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