Dave:
Well looks like I might have both sides wrong now! What I have now may
be equal amounts of less braking. What I thought was grabbing on the right
might just be proper operation. Any way there is a considerable amount of
braking difference between the two orientations. The pictures/drawings in
the owners manual, the NEMGTR Restoration Manual and the workshop manual
seem to verify what you are saying Dave.
Before I tear down the front brakes again, everybody is this right?????????
On the right side, the front cylinder piston points down.
On the left side, the front cylinder piston points down.
Bob Donahue (Still Stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
Cars: 52 MGTD - #17639
71 MGB - #GHN5UB254361
Member: NEMGTR #11470
NAMGBR # 7-3336
Hoosier MGB Club
Olde Octagons of Indiana
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave & Liz DuBois" <ddubois@sinclair.net>
To: "Bob Donahue" <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
Cc: "mg-t" <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: Bob's Brake Saga - Get those cylinders installed correctly
> Bob,
>
> I have to dissagree with the assesment that the cylinders should push the
> trailing edges of the shoes out. The TDs and TFs, along with a lot of
> other vehicles clear up through the 70s use twin leading shoes on the
> front brakes. Meaning that the cylinders should be pointing the way you
> saw them first. It sounds like perhaps the cylinders on the opposit side
> were pointing the wrong way, causing less braking on that side.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
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