[Spridgets] [Healeys] Fwd: Fw: Safely Alert - Midget/Spridget Rear Brakes

[HealeyRick]

FYI


On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 2:24 PM, David Porter <frogeye at porterscustom.com>wrote:

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> Dear VMC Representative:
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> The good folks at CVAR have reported what is apparently *a very
> widespread issue to the rear brakes shoes on the Austin Healey Sprites
> (square body and bugeye)  and the MG Midget cars* which share the same
> rear brake shoe. A bad batch of bad  "bonded" (not riveted) brake
> linings have been reported to delaminate from the shoe causing massive
> brake failures on a number of these cars.  In one case, failure was
> after one session on brand new set of brake shoes.
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> If you have a way to communicate this to your members who own these
> cars, it would probably be a good idea to do so.  If it is determined
> the brake shoe manufacturer or supplier is at fault, we'll so advise.
> But in the meantime, inspection (and replacement?) is highly recommended.
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> Many of you may not even realize that VMC has maintained a */"Mechanical
> Failures List"/* over the years.  The above issue has been added to that
> list. You can download the updated entire list of known failures here
> <http://www.the-vmc.com/hostedfiles/VMC-Mechanical%20Failures%20List.pdf>.
> It might be well to forward it to the person in charge of your tech
> inspections as a reminder of these many known issues, including this
> latest addition.
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