I remember the same "warning" when I redid the braking system on my '61 Morgan
(street car) about ten years ago. I did split the calipers and so far, so
good, no problems (Lord let me not be jinxed here!). I did replace the little
O ring between the two before reassembly. On my '68 Morgan (race car) I did
send the calipers off to Apple Hydraulics for a professional job. New SS
pistons, rubber bits, paint, etc. Quick turnaround and at a reasonable price.
I would recommend them.
Cheers, Craig Seibert
-----Original Message-----
From: MalcolmCox [SMTP:malcox@napanet.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 6:44 PM
To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
Subject: Rebuilding Brake Calipers
After barging into stripping, cleaning and starting to re-assemble the brake
calipers ( 2 seasons since Moss rebuilds, Lockheed, MGB) fitted to my MGA
(not by me, some other guy musta done it, honest!), I now find in the
instructions MUCH ado about NOT splitting the caliper units, merely changing
the seals while calipers are still bolted together. Yeah, I know, RTFM.
Oh and if you do the unthinkable, then you MUST be sure to replace the clamp
bolts with genuine new BMC, etc etc, but they appear to be unavailable.
So now I am freaked out.
This seems like quite a fuss. Since I am taking the full responsibility of
supplying a safe race car for my wife and myself to race, these unexplained
warnings scare me sleepless.
So please can someone tell me what the deal is.
Should I just gather up all the bits, stick em in a box, send them off as a
core and buy a professionally (I hope) assembled caliper units or proceed
with common sense, put em back together with the old bolts or scare up some
new grade 8's ( and by the way, what torque?) and keep praying for
springtime?
Feeling foolish...again
Malcolm Cox
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