Jane and I just got home from an 1100 mile excursion to Kentucky from
Northern Missouri in the 67B. About 10 hours each way and we never put the
top up-sunny and 90-95 degrees the whole way! We never saw another MG the
whole trip-one Mini and two Spitfires was the extent of the British
representation. 29 MPG for the trip.
When I pulled in the garage, I noticed a "hot" smell coming from the front
driver side and traced it to the wheel. I noticed that the brake squeeked a
lot on the trip and would stop when I slightly applied the brakes. But the
wheel was where the smell was coming from. I jacked up the front and spun
the wheel; it drags some (Barney helped me install new wheel bearings, king
pins, bushings, etc. last summer, so they are all new). The wheel has no
wiggle when grabbed at the top and bottom, but shouldn't the wheel spin
fairly freely? Am I most probably needing to add a shim to loosen it up a
little (or is it remove a shim, I can't recall)?
Thanks,
Monte
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