[Alpines] brake problem

[Carl McLelland]

If this was a case of 4 wheel disc brakes I would tell you to "pony up" for
new rear brake pads. Very common when the (disc brake pistons) are pushed way
out of the calipers they have a tendency to bind in the caliper rather than
retract the fraction of a millimeter they need to release pressure on the
rotor. This is especially common on small piston calipers like Girling 12SP
and 14LF.

I've been away from Alpines for five years now, but...... replace the hose in
the line to the rear axle/rear brakes. It's out of sight so out of mind and
ignored, but the rubber will deteriorate in that hose especially. It will
expand when brakes applied and when the brakes are released it holds a small
amount of pressure on the rear drum brakes. It doesn't take much pressure to
generate the drag described and only a few minutes for the pressure to bleed
off, but a seeming lifetime to diagnose and correct...

Happy New Year!!
    Carl
        (formerly Andy Walkers) S1,
        Lotus 61 Formula Ford
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Marc James Small
  To: #auri ; 'BillMounce' ; 'Alpine Discussion Group'
  Cc: 'RICHARD FRITZ'
  Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:49 PM
  Subject: Re: [Alpines] brake problem


  At 06:37 PM 12/31/2008, #auri wrote:
   >I am not sure but I have a "feeling" that factory went back to manual
   >adjust because of some malfunctions which were something like descripted
   >earlier in this discussion.
   >
   >Sorry of my bad English, I have not automatic correction.

  There were some problems with the automatic
  adjusting brakes but they were pretty
  reliable:  I have around 100,000 miles or so on
  them and they never let me down.

  The reason for the switch is the same reason the
  Series V has a manual hand-crank nut on the
  fan-belt pulley nut:  Rootes was using up what
  was in the parts bin and trying to avoid having
  to buy new stuff.  So, when they ran out of the
  automatic adjusting brake parts, they just went
  back to the earlier system, which in any event
  was still in production.  Girling had sold off
  the automatic adjusting brake system to Ford of
  Germany in 1966 and had pulled it from production.

  By the time the Series V entered the fray, Rootes
  was bleeding to death from all that red ink the
  Imp brought the company.  It was never properly
  supported by a company very close to bankruptcy.

  Marc


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