Do you have drum or disk brakes on the front?
...Art
On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Dean Crowley wrote:
> So why would your brakes need to be adjusted first... I just took my A for
> its first drive to the tag office after a 99 percent restore. Half way
> there both of the front brakes got hot and locked up. Hmmm..... Whats up
> with that? Did I just not have them adjusted correctly or maybe a problem
> with the Silicone fluid...?
> Sincerely,
>
> Dean E. Crowley
>
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> > From: Cordell, Ralph PhD <rzc4@cdc.gov>
> > To: 'MG submission' <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Subject: MGA master cylinder
> > Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 9:21 AM
> >
> >
> > The bench bleeding has been described but I would caution to make
> > sure your brakes are adjusted. If not you will be pulling your hair out
> > for days trying to get them to work all along thinking that the MC can't
> > be blead.
> > ...Art
> >
> > - I can give that a big second, an Amen, a "yeah baby", "right-on" or
> > what have you to Arts suggestion. This is exactly what happened to me.
> > I spent at least two days - replacing all shoes and wheel cylinders -
> > literally bathing in brake fluid - probably the must frustrating and
> > just miserable lousy p**s-off aggrevating part of my whole rebuild, only
> > to find that I probably just needed to give each adjustment screw a bit
> > of a twist. It went from double-pump & pray braking to a decent grab &
> > stop. The shop manual gives instructions. Ignoring them was one of the
> > dumber of many truly dumb things I've done.
> >
> > -ralph cordell
> > '59 MGA
> > '84 Turbo Regal
> > '87 Grand National
> > '96 Roadmonster
>
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