[Mgs] Replacing Brake pads on an MGA

[Glenn Schnittke]

You might want to take some careful measurements of the pad thickness. A 
close friend of mine got some Classic Gold pads from Moss recently for 
his TR4 that turned out to be too thick and not ground parallel and 
wound up putting them on the belt sander to get them to fit. He does 
like the feel of them, but getting them to fit was not watching daisies 
in the outfield.

That said, any general purpose c-clamp should be sufficient to compress 
the pistons into the calipers far enough to fit the pads in. Start with 
a large flat blade screwdriver with the pads in place to get the pistons 
far enough apart to fit the c-clamp in. Bear in mind that as you 
compress the pistons the fluid will back up into the master cylinder and 
you need to keep an eye on the reservoir level and be prepared to remove 
fluid from the MC as it builds up. I use turkey basters that I can 
usually find in the kitchen drawers since my wife courteously replaces 
them from time to time. A wrap of electrical tape around the joint 
between the bulb and the tube shuts off the airflow to avoid bubbles and 
also lets my wife know that she shouldn't use that one on a turkey. 
Twenty years with one girl has a lot to be said for it.

Glenn



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> Does anyone have any practical tips on replacing the front disc brake 
> pads on an MGA?  I cannot get the new pads in because the space taken by 
> the old pads is not wide enough for the new pads.  The manual says to 
> clamp the piston, but any clamps I have get in the way.  Anyone have a 
> web reference to a video or photo references that may help a first-timer 
> through this process?  Thanks.
> -- Robert Guinness 1961 MGA


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