Matt Drayer's Journal

With the front suspension, steering components, and brake lines installed the only piece remaining is the brakes themselves. Finally the new British Parts Northwest calipers and Classic Gold / Moss Motors rotors and pads can go on. I had tried to separate the rotors from the stub axles over the winter, and wasn't able to, so I left them as-is with the idea that I'd replace the rotors another time. Decided to give it another shot, though -- see the video for the outcome there.

The driver side caliper ended up being offset on the rotor -- I couldn't figure out why. This caused the inside pad to effectively lock the rotor, without having any pressure on it. After scratching my head for a few minutes I decided to grind down the pad material a few MMs using a belt sander -- problem solved! Other than this weirdness everything went onto the car reasonably well.

Can't pressurize the system until we run the hard lines to the rear end's wheel cylinders. I've been avoiding going there -- certain that's going to be a disaster once I get into it.

We are over-schedule on first-fire at this point. The goal was April 30th. Things heated up at work, and a few parts needed to be sourced for other components. Hoping things will arrive soon and this coming weekend will be a productive one!

<br/>Marblehead MG - Episode 19: Front Brakes!