[Healeys] Brake Caliper Piston Ques.

Peter Caldwell peter at nosimport.com
Tue Mar 15 14:45:40 MST 2011


But I want it both ways!!  OK, how about halfway in between.... The 
way Spridgets do it ;-)  Mark, I've done hundreds of these, and it 
isn't a big deal, but you do want it leading.
         Peter
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At 04:40 PM 3/15/2011, mark lapierre wrote:
>Thanks Peter.   But you can't have it both ways.   It has to be 
>either down or toward the hub.
>The manuals have pictures of both.
>
>Maybe it really doesn't matter.
>
>Mark
>
>
>From: Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com>
>To: Mark LaPierre <lapierrem at sbcglobal.net>; healeys at Autox.Team..Net
>Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 2:56:38 PM
>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake Caliper Piston Ques.
>
>The cutout is designed to alleviate pad squeal. Its efficacy is
>questionable, but if you have the cutout, it should be facing into
>the rotor rotation, so downward and toward the hub for a rear mounted caliper.
>         Peter C
>===
>At 01:39 PM 3/15/2011, Mark LaPierre wrote:
> >Don't think this really pertains to Healeys but the MGA and MGBs have brake
> >caliper pistons
> >with a cut out on the open lip of the pistons.  I am changing over my MGA
> >pistons to
> >MGB pistons (much cheaper) and need to know which direction the piston cut
> >out
> >should go.  Here is the rub.    The B manual says "cutout towards 
> the hub" and
> >the A manual
> >says "facing downward".  Since I am mixing parts here I am all
> >discombobulated.
> >
> >Which way should the cut out go and what frigin difference does it make,
> >there's nothing
> >inside the piston thats going to leak out?  )
> >
> >Anyone?    Mark
>
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