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Subject: Midget Brakes and Moss anti-squeel shims
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 May 97 09:00:11 -0400
Hey folks, I need a little advice. I got no response to this post so I am 
not sure it got through. So here it is again. The brakes and a tune up 
are the finish of thisa project. and I am hoping to get on the road for 
Brit week.

TANX again
Larry Macy
78 Midget

>On Sunday, after going to Carlisle on Sat, I was rebuilding the front 
calipers on the
>Midget. Something quite unususal appeared out of the pistons. They are not 
even on the side
>where the piston pushes on the shims. The 78 MG Workshop manual, which I got 
from John Twist
>on Sat, says the chamfered side goes up. The Haynes manual says the were up 
in the early
>modes and down in the later ones. The old, rusted shims are solid, while the 
new ones from
>Moss have two holes, a large one and a small one.  So:
>1) Which way do I set the pistons?
>2) Which hole do I put where on the shims?
>3) Does it really flippin' matter?

>Larry Macy 
>78 Midget

>PS the faces that went with the names were not exactly like I had in my head 
prior to Sat.
>It was great to meet all of the ones that I did. And also to find out that 
short wives go
>with LBC's and they are all particular about fractions.

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