Uh, hate to bring this up, but could it be that the entire backing
plate assemblies got swapped side-to-side on your car at some point in
the past? I don't recall offhand if that's possible.
Anyway, no question that these are two-LEADING-shoe setups. I'm
thinking that on either side, the front wheel cylinder should point up
(i.e., piston pushes upwards on the leading edge of the shoe), but
without my Mayflower or my buddy's MGA at hand and with no time to go
out and pull the front apart on my drum-braked Herald 1200 here at work
(ok, Girling, but same basic principle), I can't be absolutely sure at
the moment; it IS a Monday, after all. ;-)
Here's another thought. Do the front brakes seem to grab really, really
well when backing up? If so, that might confirm the assemblies having
been swapped?
--Andy Mace
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Donahue <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
To: mg-t <mg-t@autox.team.net>; Dave & Liz DuBois <ddubois@sinclair.net>
Sent: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:04:25 -0500
Subject: Re: Bob's Brake Saga - Brake Cylinder Orientation Update
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.
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