MGB1970 » Restoration » Brakes

email Dave Braun at dave@dbraun99.com (click here)

I figured I would do the brakes during the wire wheel conversion. It is a perfect time. But on the last drive in November of 2010 the brakes failed leaving Diane's parking lot. I drove 25 miles without them and started looking for a culprit. Turns out the 'safety switch' failed and released all the brake fluid. Pretty safe, uhn?

1 MC arrangement	2 MC arrangement with cover reomved	3 MC ready for teardown	4 Brake MC tear down 01	5 Brake MC tear down 02
6 Brake MC tear down 03	7 Brake MC tear down 04	8 Brake MC tear down 05	9 Brake MC tear down 06	10 Brake MC tear down 07
11 Brake MC tear down 08	12 Fixture to remove pin from MC 01	13 Fixture to remove pin from MC 02	14 Polishing main MC piston	15 Polishing secondary MC piston 01
16 Polishing secondary MC piston 02	17 Using ties to compress MC spring 01	18 Using ties to compress MC spring 02	19 Rebuilt MC	20 Brake Proportion Switch Failure 01
21 Brake Proportion Switch Failure 02	22 Brake Proportion Switch Failure 03	23 Kit to repair failure warning proportion switch 2	24 Kit to repair failure warning proportion switch	25 Shuttle with un dimpled ends use large orings
26 Failure switch installed 02	27 Failure switch installed 03	28 RH Caliper on Car	29 Right Hand front brake piping	30 Caliper disassemlby 01
31 Rebuild Calipers and new pistions	32 Caliper seal and pistion install 01	33 Caliper seal and pistion install 02	34 Caliper seal and pistion install 03	35 Brake pads old and new
36 Caliper pad clips and pin install 01	37 Caliper pad clips and pin install 05	38 Caliper disassemlby 02	39 Correct routing on LH caliper	40 Disk and Caliper mounted 01
41 Disk and Caliper mounted 02	42 Disk and Caliper mounted 03	43 Disk and Caliper mounted 04	44 Rear Brake hardware	45 Donnor Rear Brake back plates 01
46 Donnor Rear Brake back plates 02	47 Rear Brake pipe straps	48 Shoes arced to match turned drums	49 Disassembled Wheel Cylinders Rear	50 Rear wheel cylinder assy 01
51 Rear wheel cylinder assy 03	52 Installing rear wheel cylinders into RH backplate 03	53 Installing rear wheel cylinders into RH backplate 04	54 Lubing adjuster mechanism	55 Installing adjuster mechanism
56 RH rear brake built up 01	57 LH rear brake built up	58 Rear Brakes revised LH 02	59 RH rear brake built up 03	60 Rear Brakes revised RH 03
61 Brake items on shelf	62 Installing brake pipes on rear axle 03	63 Installing brake pipes on rear axle 04	64 Installing brake pipes on rear axle 05	65 Installing brake pipes on rear axle 01
66 Brake line routing to rear 01	67 Brake line routing to rear 03	68 Brake line routing to rear 04	69 Brake line routing to rear 05	70 Brake line routing to rear 06
71 Brake line to rear flushed and cleaned 01	72 Straps for all lines to rear	73 Brake line routing to rear cleaned up new rubber 01	74 Brake line routing to rear cleaned up new rubber 02	75 Brake line routing to rear cleaned up new rubber 03
76 Replacement fastener for clamp	77 Pkg brake cable and rear brake line hardware 01	78 Pkg brake cable and rear brake line hardware 04	79 Pkg brake cable and rear brake line hardware 05	80 Parking Brake Detail with Disc Wheels01
81 Parking Brake Detail with Disc Wheels02	82 Parking Brake Detail with Disc Wheels04	83 Parking brake cable install 03	84 Parking brake cable install 05	85 Parking brake cable install 06
86 Parking brake cable install 07	87 Fitting parking brake cable to rear axle	88 Brake lever boots 01	89 Brake lever boots 03	90 Sandblasting MC bracket and housing
91 MC bracket	92 Pedal cover	93 pedal assy	94 pedal assy breakdown	95 Pedals sand blasted
96 Pedal bracket and pedals painted	97 Ready to bolt pedal assy and bracket to tub	98 Aligning Brake Pipes 01	99 Aligning Brake Pipes 02	100 Brake pipe clips 01
101 Brake pipe clips 02	102 Brake pipe clips 03	103 Brake pipe clips 04	104 Front caliper hose connection to brake pipes01	105 Front caliper hose connection to brake pipes02
106 MC installed Silicone voids waranty oh well	107 Pipe to rear via union 02	108 Pipe to rear via union 03	109 Zinc and chromate plate on Brake lamp switch

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