I'd suggest you drive the car a few miles & then check the right side
for drag. The runout of the disc should knock the piston back while
driving. Remember that the hub end play isn't a matter of the torque on
the nut; it's a matter of having the correct total thickness of shims in
the hub.
CR
On 7/27/2014 12:56 PM, Matthew Milkevitch wrote:
> Dear Listers:
>
> I have been working on my '74 MGB-GT lately, and I noticed that
> the front wheels don't rotate the same. The LH side rotates more freely than
> the RH side.
>
> Thinking
> this was a sticking brake caliper, I replaced both
> calipers, brake
> flexible lines and pads (along with the discs).
>
> After
> doing this work, things
> are a little improved but the wheels still don't
> rotate the same. You
> can hear the RH side scraping when the wheel turns.
> When you pull the
> pads out of the RH side and push the caliper piston in a
> little and
> re-install the pads, the wheel turns freely like the LH side.
> Once you
> push in the brake pedal in, however, the condition returns.
>
> To my
> knowledge, the wheel bearings are correctly adjusted (outer nut to 60 ft/lbs,
> the hub turns freely with no "clunk."
>
> Any
> advice on where to check next? Do
> you think this is an issue with the
> master cylinder or the hard brake line to
> that caliper perhaps?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Matt Milkevitch
> Maple Glen, PA
> 1974 MGB-GT
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