[Mgs] confessions of a LBC lover

Richard Ewald richard.ewald at gmail.com
Thu Jul 5 19:24:41 MDT 2012


Was the pulsation in the steering wheel or the brake pedal?

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On Jul 5, 2012, at 16:40, Paul Root <ptrmgb at gmail.com> wrote:

> We're out of town at my brothers this week And I drove his non-MG  lbc that
> will remain nameless (ok, its a 1980 and  starts with a T and ends with a
7!).
> Thing is I really like the  car. Always have.
>
>
> Anyway, something strange is happening with the brakes.  He notice a little
> clunking noise, that seemed to come from the front left.  Then a pulsing
> coming from the brakes.
>
> I drove it home, and didn't have the noise or the pulse on the first
braking.
> However the next time it did make huge pulsing, almost like grinding, like
> there was a chunk out of the rotor. Then we got on the highway for 3 miles
> staying on the right, and probably not getting above 60. I costed down the
> offramp and then the pulse was gone. And the mile and a half home on
surface
> roads, sill no pulsing or noise.  It's almost as if something was in the
> brakes and fell out.
>
> We don't have time tonight to pull the wheel tonight. I'm sure he'll get to
it
> soon though.
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