also check for a sticking caliper piston. a little drag on 1 side when
the piston doesn't fully return will do this. ted
Michael D. Porter wrote:
>Phil Ethier wrote:
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Alex Redding" <aredding@mail.com>
>>To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:27 PM
>>Subject: Uneven brake wear
>>
>>>Check your textbooks gentlemen, uneven pad wear on the same caliper is
>>>
>>almost always caused by a problem in the slide mechanism.
>>
>>I did not know that Triumph cars used sliding calipers. The calipers in my
>>Lotus (Spitfire) are two-piston as were the ones in my Midget.
>>
>
>I'm really late getting into this fray, but, as Phil says, there's no
>slide. Strictly two pistons. Others have suggested that the piston is
>sticking, and I'd go along with that, except that the original problem
>was that both left and right sets of pads were wearing the outside pad.
>In thinking about the front end geometry, there's a couple of degrees of
>positive camber or so on this car. While the caliper is aligned to the
>vertical link (in theory, maintaining orientation with the rotor with
>the positive camber), that positive bias also causes the rotor to rub
>more on the outside pad, because of bearing play. If the bearing play
>were slightly excessive (not enough to cause noticeable bearing wear),
>the rotor will tend to lean more into the outboard pad, causing some
>additional wear.
>
>Just my couple of cents.
>
>Cheers.
>
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