Are you shure that you've got the right wheel cylinders mounted on the rear?
Try and check the bore-size! I've had the same symptoms (u-turn etc) on my
Mini 1275 GT and found out, that I had been using wheel cylinders that match
a "front drum-brake (!)" setup that have a wrong bore-diameter!
Regards
Joachim Rabe
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> From: RodsINTOMG@aol.com[SMTP:RodsINTOMG@aol.com]
> Reply To: RodsINTOMG@aol.com
> Sent: Dienstag, 25. April 2000 15:32
> To: vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Rear brake bias MGBGT
>
> Things seem a little slow on the list, so I thought I would throw this one
>
> out. This question is not really vintage racing, but very close and I
> know
> someone out there has "been there - done that". So here goes.
>
> My racecar is a 64 MGB tourer with a factory hardtop. The brakes work
> fine
> on this car. Everything is stock except for carbon-kevlar pads up front
> and
> a 1968 dual master cylinder. On this car the bias (front to rear) is
> about
> right, If anything the rear brakes are maybe a little under pressured,
> but
> that okay because it works and there are no surprises.
>
> My road MGB is a 1967 GT with the stock single system master cylinder.
> The
> bias on this car is all screwed up. Too much braking on the rear, so that
>
> when you get into a panic stop situation, the rears lock and you get to
> make
> this big u turn. Also, Ive noticed that the right rear will lock and skid
>
> the tire in normal driving. I would like to make this car right and have
> considered several methods or degrees to acomplish this.
>
> 1. Install the steel braided hoses like I have on the racecar on the
> fronts
> only, its said to inprove bias slightly
> 2. Install carbon-kevlar pads on the front brakes, $125 a set and not sure
> if
> practical for the street, should also be done with new rotors, cajing
> another
> $75.
> 3. Install a brake bias adjuster on the rear brakes.
>
> I have inspected the brakes on the rear and everything is assembled
> correctly. Im using silicone brake fluid, but I don't think thats the
> problem - I use it on all my cars, 52 td and 59 mga.
>
> Opnions welcome
>
> Rod Schweiger
>
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