Don't mess with the bearings yet. When you apply the brakes in a straight
line and come to a stop the pads are still resting on the disc even when you
have released the brake pedal. But when you get under way again and make a
couple of turns the small amount of lateral movement of the disc relative to
the caliper pushes the pads back into the caliper a smidgen, which means the
wheels are rotating freely again. So check it isn't a sticking piston,
especially if the brakes are hot just one side and they squeak when not
braking.
If the wheel is stiff to rotate when the pads are *clear* of the disc then
it likely is the bearing, and a rhythmic squeak when *not* applying the
brakes can be a bad bearing. I would change the bearings that side and
reshim them for the correct .002 to .004 end-float i.e. free play.
----- Original Message -----
From: "MonteMorris" <mmorris@nemr.net>
To: "MG list" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:17 AM
Subject: brake squeek
> When I pulled in the garage, I noticed a "hot" smell coming from the front
> driver side and traced it to the wheel. I noticed that the brake squeeked
a
> lot on the trip and would stop when I slightly applied the brakes. But the
> wheel was where the smell was coming from. I jacked up the front and spun
> the wheel; it drags some (Barney helped me install new wheel bearings,
king
> pins, bushings, etc. last summer, so they are all new). The wheel has no
> wiggle when grabbed at the top and bottom, but shouldn't the wheel spin
> fairly freely? Am I most probably needing to add a shim to loosen it up a
> little (or is it remove a shim, I can't recall)?
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