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MG TD TF 1500 - Brake adjustment

Replaced all brake components. brakes work wonderfully stopping in reverse but poorly straight ahead. Would that be the front wheel rear cylinder? Or?
Peter Dahlquist

Peter,

The first thing to check is that the front wheel cylinders are not fitted upside down. Easy to check jack both front wheels off the ground, remove the hubcaps and rotate the wheel so as the adjusting hole is towards the front, move the wheel slowly until you see the adjusting screw of the front cylinder, this should be BELOW the wheel cylinder. This should be true for both front wheels. If it is above then you have the brakes fitted upside down. I have assumed that when you refitted the wheel, that you aligned the hole in the wheel to the hole in the drum, if not, then you need to remove the wheel to do this check.

John


J Scragg

If you have had the backplates off,check they are on the correct side of the car, they are stamped L&R
If on the wrong side the banjo bolt will be under the track rod arm.
It is fun when you get them upside down on only one side.
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee

Thank you. I do believe I assembled cylinders upside down. The WSM shows right front assembly, and I was working on the left front. Starting over.
Peter Dahlquist

You are not the first, I chased a pull to the left for a while, found RH was ass backwards.

Corrected, no pull any more.

Peter
P G Gilvarry

going slightly off topic.
It is a problem when WSM's show only one drawing of a part.
A friend rebuilt a VW Bug gearbox but the WSM showed the CWP of a transporter without any wording.
When he put it in first gear it went backwards, the transporter had a reduction gear at the wheel bearing carrier to lower the axle ratio which reversed the direction.
I believe it could also be done in a Lotus Europa
Ray TF 2884
Ray Lee

Search and read the archives. There have been many threads about this over the years. George
George Butz III

Picture says a thousand words.
This is backwards (bottom) and the correct (top) way round.




Rod Jones

I referenced this WSM picture when I started reassembly. I was working on the front left wheel. Did not notice the flex brake tube. Would have been helpful if they included "right front" in the note.
I spent many days wondering why I could not get the brakes to work! This post fixed my anxiety.

Peter Dahlquist

This thread was discussed between 27/09/2022 and 29/09/2022

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