[Mgs] 73 mgb

[Charley Robinson]

Quite so.  I had the front brakes on my '69 B fail to release completely 
once miles from home. Manifested as sluggish acceleration away from a 
traffic light.  When I stopped to check both front brakes/discs were 
hot, rear drums were cool.  So I opened the brake line to the front 
brakes at the MC momentarily in order to release the pressure to the 
calipers.  The brakes released and I went on my way.  Never happened 
again but I sent that MC off to be rebuilt soon after that trip.

CR

On 12/24/2018 3:05 AM, PaulHunt73 via Mgs wrote:
> That jams the brakes on, this is apparently lack of braking effort 
> i.e. the opposite.
> PaulH.
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>
>     ...  check the pedal free play. If there is not enough free play
>     then the fluid cannot return properly through the master cylinder
>     and owners/mechanics who don’t understand the system will just
>     adjust the rear brakes to make it “drivable”.
>
>
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