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To: "List Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: How much is too much?
From: "James Lea" <clocks@midcoast.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:50:28 -0400
Ever since I bought my BT7 there has been a small squeak in the right front 
wheel at speed. I check the pads and  installed new bearings, checked the 
pistons and everything else I could think of. The squeak would disappear if 
I jacked up the front end and spun the wheel by hand so it was very 
difficult to hear where it was coming from. Finally I put a machinist's 
gauge on the rotor and found it to be 15 thou out. Is this enough to cause 
the squeak? If so, can the rotor be trued in a lath or must it be replaced? 
What are the tolerances on the rotor being out of flat and perpendicular to 
the hub?  Thanks for any advice. Cheers, JL

James Lea
PO Box 25
Rockport Maine, 04856

1952 Triumph Mayflower Saloon
1958 Rover P4
1962 Austin Healey 3000 BT7
1967 MGB MkI
1969 MGB GT 




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