Either the brakes are maladjusted at the LR wheel or at the left emergency
brake cable. (Assuming the brake cylinders are OK and not stuck open.)
First, remove the emergency brake cable at the LR wheel cylinder. Then,
slacken off the adjusted at the LR wheel by taking the wheel off and
rotating the drum until the hole aligns with the adjuster (screw slot inside
the brake drum). Then adjust the screw until the brake drum turns freely.
Then turn the adjuster until the brake drum just lightly grabs and slacken
off one click. Re attach the emergency brake cable. If this puts too much
tension on the brakes, adjust at the emergency brake cable end.
Regards,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mg-t@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-t@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Stuart Keen
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 1:22 PM
To: MG
Subject: Differential
With the rear of my TD jacked up, transmission in neutral and hand brake
off, I have the following situation (I am obviously new to auto
mechanics and therefore don't even know what is suppose to be):
1) The RIGHT rear wheel rotates freely in both direction. It does not
engage the left rear wheel (i.e. left rear does not rotate).
2) When I rotate the LEFT rear, which takes some effort in either
direction, it is also rotating the right rear. I went through all the
transmission gears, thinking that perhaps something was hung up, but no
change.
Is this the correct scenario - left rear turns the right rear but the
right rear does not turn the left rear?
I just went to check again. With the car still jacked up and engine
running, in gear the RIGHT wheel turns, but the LEFT does nothing. If I
accelerate, then the LEFT spins and then stops.
Please educate me on the basics.
Stu Keen
51 MGTD MkII
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