Monday, July 17, 2023

HYDRAULIC FRONT BRAKE REPAIR

This car came to me with hydraulic front brakes mounted but not hooked up. The back plate assembly is from a Rover 400 sedan rear brakes, so I've been told. I'm not too sure as you will soon see. 


 I got a leak in one of the seals in the wheel cyl. Since the rover sedan was never imported to the US I knew I would have a problem. After ordering two different seals for a Rover 400 ans spending more money than I wanted to I still had nothing usable. The final solution was to make new pistons and buy MGTD seals.

The bore is 3/4" but the MG seals had a different inside diameter so that required me to make new pistons much like the ones shown above. For some reason I never took photos of the new ones. This has worked perfectly and I will do the same for the other side if needed.


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  1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2023 at 6:48 AM

    You could even convert the car to cable brakes using the handbrake mechanism! .. Sid

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  2. AnonymousJuly 22, 2023 at 6:53 AM

    These Rover brakes came with the car when I got it and they work quite well. I still have the Girling cable front brakes that are pedal operated. The rear Girling is lever operated.

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