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Re: Uneven brake wear

To: "Alex Redding" <aredding@mail.com>, <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Uneven brake wear
From: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 00:36:32 -0600
References: <20030130002725.66637.qmail@mail.com>
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From: "Alex Redding" <aredding@mail.com>
To: <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: Uneven brake wear


> Check your textbooks gentlemen, uneven pad wear on the same caliper is
almost always caused by a problem in the slide mechanism.

I did not know that Triumph cars used sliding calipers.  The calipers in my
Lotus (Spitfire) are two-piston as were the ones in my Midget.

Have not needed to get that far into the TR4 yet.

Phil Ethier  West Side  Saint Paul  Minnesota  USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 TR4 CT2846L
pethier@isd.net  http://www.mnautox.com/  http://www.lotusowners.com

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