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Re: [Mg-t] mg td

To: Dave and Liz DuBois <ddubois@sinclair.net>
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] mg td
From: Mike Duvall <duvallcom@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:11:09 -0500
clever,  I'm sure they have million dollar brake machine to do the  
same thing now :)


On Apr 23, 2008, at 12:02 PM, Dave and Liz DuBois wrote:

> Rocky,
>
>> right front brake "grabs" first,  making stopping an issue of  
>> course cause the steering wheel pulls....just and adjustment??
> Are you sure that it is the right front that is grabbing or could  
> it be
> the right rear that is grabbing or the left front or rear that is not
> activating?  Take the car on a gravel road (or driveway), get the  
> car up
> to about 10 MPH and stand on the brakes so that all working shoes lock
> up.  Get out and look at the skid marks, see what is locking up  
> first or
> last that will tell you where work is necessary.  I doubt that the
> problem is adjustment unless one wheel has the adjuster cranked all  
> the
> way out.  The usual cause of the problem you described is a sticky  
> wheel
> cylinder that doesn't press the shoes out into contact or a wheel
> cylinder that has dripped brake fluid onto the brake linings.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
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