[Healeys] cool weather braking

Ed O'Neal Ed at wadsworthoneal.com
Fri Jan 5 07:53:48 MST 2018


AH - HA!

I think I found the culprit.  I came out this morning and found a small puddle of fluid on the floor just inside the right tire.  Perhaps the cool weather made the seal ring brittle and it cracked.  The leaking fluid then lubed the rotor and the right brake wouldn't work well until the brakes warmed up and wore the fluid off the rotor.  Then the left pull went away.  Looks like we need a caliper rebuild.

Thanks to all for your incites and help.

Ed O'Neal


Gents,

With the advent of cooler weather here in South Florida, Ms. Healey has been displaying an odd characteristic.  When starting out (brakes quite cool - 40 deg perhaps), the front brakes pull significantly to the left.  After warming up (10 min of city driving), the pull gradually disappears and even with hard breaking no pull is evident.  Does anyone know the possible cause of this malady?

Ed O'Neal
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