[Mgs] Two MGs and friends

[PaulHunt73]

You can probably getaway with cleaning brake fluid off with brake 
cleaner, less likely with axle oil.  I chose to replace mine though 
after seal weeps both sides, cleaned the drum, and after that they were 
awful - couldn't hold the car on a moderate slope. Several times I 
removed the drums and sanded down the high spots (funnily enough a 
program here last week on rebuilding a Spitfire - the Supermarine 
version! - had to do the same thing).  Since then and nine years later 
they are better but still not as good as the roadster when they were 
broadly comparable before.  I had previously replaced them in 1997 and 
don't recall any problems then.

PaulH.

On 13/11/2022 12:41, Richard Lindsay wrote:
>    One question for the MG brain trust: Will the gush of brake fluid 
> within the drum have permanently damaged the new brake shoes' linings, 
> or can the shoes be washed clean with brake cleaner? Said another way; 
> Should I order new brake shoes when I order the new slave cylinder?
>