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Re: [Healeys] Brake Caliper Piston Ques.

To: Peter Caldwell <peter@nosimport.com>, healeys@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake Caliper Piston Ques.
From: mark lapierre <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:40:15 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks Peter.   But you can't have it both ways.   It has to be either down or
toward the hub.
The manuals have pictures of both.

Maybe it really doesn't
matter.   

Mark 




________________________________
From: Peter Caldwell
<peter@nosimport.com>
To: Mark LaPierre <lapierrem@sbcglobal.net>;
healeys@Autox.Team.Net
Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 2:56:38 PM
Subject: Re:
[Healeys] Brake Caliper Piston Ques.

The cutout is designed to alleviate pad
squeal. Its efficacy is 
questionable, but if you have the cutout, it should
be facing into 
the rotor rotation, so downward and toward the hub for a rear
mounted caliper.
        Peter C
===
At 01:39 PM 3/15/2011, Mark LaPierre
wrote:
>Don't think this really pertains to Healeys but the MGA and MGBs have
brake
>caliper pistons
>with a cut out on the open lip of the pistons.  I am
changing over my MGA
>pistons to
>MGB pistons (much cheaper) and need to know
which direction the piston cut
>out
>should go.  Here is the rub.    The B
manual says "cutout towards the hub" and
>the A manual
>says "facing
downward".  Since I am mixing parts here I am all
>discombobulated.
>
>Which
way should the cut out go and what frigin difference does it make,
>there's
nothing
>inside the piston thats going to leak out?  )
>
>Anyone?    Mark
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