It is very common that there is a small amount of air left in the
brake lines, when a problem like this arises. In your case it might
be in the front right part of the circuit.
Magnus Karlsson
Sweden
24 dec 2005 kl. 18.20 skrev Simon Lachlan:
> A Happy Christmas to one and all. And thank you for all your help
> this year.
>
>
>
> Just to indulge me one more time
>
>
>
> My car is 62 BT7 3000. It has recently started pulling slightly to
> the left
> when I brake.
>
>
>
> The car has been off the road for some weeks while Ive done a
> number of
> things to it. Mostly cosmetic, but two seem very likely culprits
> indeed.
>
> Its worth considering that the car did not pull to the left before
> I took
> it apart! So, plainly, this is self inflicted!!
>
> Tyre pressures, though not checked, look fine and were fine when I
> garaged
> the car, say, 5 weeks ago.
>
>
>
> 1) Ive disassembled and fixed up the front right brake
> calliper which
> appeared to have had problems.rubber seals a bit cooked etc.(I did
> replace
> the two little seals inside).
>
> 2) Ive disassembled the back left brake drum and replaced
> the slave
> cylinder seals.
>
> 3) I replaced the front wheel bearings on both sides. All
> correctly
> shimmed and within correct torque settings. (I think!!) Wheels
> moving freely
> on hubs and not wobbling(!) etcetc
>
>
>
> Both went back together as easily as these things ever do though
> the two
> little plates holding the slave to the back plate presented an
> interesting
> puzzle, but I got there with help from you all.
>
> I consult three manuals in these situations. (I often wish Id
> consulted
> them more thoroughly at the time, but, on this occasion, I thought
> that I
> had!) Neither brake is leaking
>
>
>
> It appears that I may have put the shoes in arse about face (as we
> seasonally say). Can this be possible?
>
> I suppose that it must be possible if the manuals mention it, but
> Haynes and
> Autopress tend to plagiarize/pricis the BMC original so ambiguities
> in the
> latter tend to be passed on to the former
>
> Can their being in backwards give me the symptoms described?
>
>
>
> There is no noise, untoward heat or excessive brake smell to
> accompany this
> irritating state of affairs.
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