Your outer pistons are "frozen" or sticking from corrosion. They don't
retract the fraction of an inch like they are supposed to when pressure
is released, and hence the pad is kept on the rotor and worn away with
each press of the pedal. rotors are cheap, don't try to turn them if
there is any doubt. And, you are right, the calipers are not the
floating type, but you would get the same result from this problem even
if they were.
Time for a pair of quality rebuilt calipers!
wtsnyder@juno.com wrote:
>
> My question: The outer pads on both left and right sides were worn
> considerably more than the inner pads, probably by a factor of 50%. There
> seems to be no way for the calipers to adjust themselves to remain
> centered. Am I missing something? If there is no self-centering
> mechanism, is there any way to adjust the caliper and manually center it?
> Should the brake pistons or other parts be lubricated in any way while
> they are loose?
>
> Thanks for your help.
> Bill Snyder
> '66 MGB
> '72 BGT under restoration
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Stuart MacMillan
Seattle
'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)
Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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