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Re: [Mgs] Brake Caliper Problem

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Subject: Re: [Mgs] Brake Caliper Problem
From: John Di Fede <difejo@optonline.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:56:00 -0400
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Matt,

Unless the brake pads are really pressing up against the rotors, you may not
have a problem at all.

I would drive the car for a few miles and then check the temperature of the
RH wheel.  It will be very hot if the brakes are applying pressure against
the rotor.   You can check the temperature by touching the center of each
front wheel and compare the temperature.    If there is a problem with the
brakes, the RH wheel will be hot.  


John Di Fede   

     


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Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:56:01 -0700
From: Matthew Milkevitch <mmilkevitch@yahoo.com>
To: "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Mgs] Brake Caliper Problem
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        <1406483761.87844.YahooMailNeo@web161006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>

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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