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Yep, that looks like what Doc said...& building them off the car is the only way to do it, IMHO!
 
Umm.... Cylinder side spring is on bass-ackwards. Part that sticks thru should put tension on the e-brake linkage. Just a minor detail. Otherwise, yer good-to-go! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif


EDIT: Lookin' at it, I *think* the cylinder springs are swapped side-to-side!
 
OOPS! I missed that one, Doc. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/blush.gif
The kick on the spring should be up. Kinda hard to install the hub the way it is.
Jeff
 
*see edit, also.
 
Oh, yeah - it does cut the hub opening....good eye, Doc!

Again, another good tutorial thread - only on the BCF!!
 
Careful, Barry: B's are "upside-down" compared to the Spridget. But it DOES show the sticking out part of the cylinder spring as riding the "slot" side of the e-brake link, not the "odd-shaped hole" side.
 
this thread just got totally confusing /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
 
And regardless of Mr. Twist's assertion, the manual illustration (Bentley, anyhoo) is NOT wrong.
 
SilentUnicorn said:
this thread just got totally confusing /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
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Sorry, Mark. MGB rear plates have the adjuster at the top, Spridgets have it at the bottom.... all the rest is pretty much the same configuration.


...and it has a disquietingly familiar resemblance to Jaybird's infamous "Quick carb question" of a year ago.
 
That's kinda what got me started inna first place, Jeff: I think the two sides each have the other's top springs.
 
You would be correct in that assumption, sir. There are right and left springs on a Spridget, and this one looks like a right spring on a left brake. If I wasn't so pooped I'd go out in the garage and assemble a set of brakes & take pix.
I still don't believe I missed that the first time around! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif
Jeff
 
Jeff, not tonight but if/when you get a chance, it would be nice if this thread ended up with a pic without any errors. it was doing so well...

mark
 
I'll see what I can do, Mark, but right now I'm working a gazillion hours, and it's hard to get anything done.
I'm too tired to eat.
Jeff
 
NOT GOOD, Jeff! Stuff SOMETHIN' down yer gob.

Mark: all is right in the last photo but the spring. It belongs on the other side, and the "leg" sticking thru the shoe should push on the e-brake link, not hang down toward the adjuster.
 
After expecting to be able to put my rear brakes and suspension together, I find that my new brake cylinders do not fit. The metal post beside the bleeder ( I don't know the name of this piece) is on the wrong side so it will not fit on the backplate. Will not make as much progress this weekend as I had hoped.
 
Sportsdoc said:
After expecting to be able to put my rear brakes and suspension together, I find that my new brake cylinders do not fit. The metal post beside the bleeder ( I don't know the name of this piece) is on the wrong side so it will not fit on the backplate. Will not make as much progress this weekend as I had hoped.
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Assuming the cylinder is the correct one (ie the right size) can you ream/ drill the hole some?
 
Don't assume the cylinder is the correct one for the car. You MAY have a cylinder for a later version by mistake. Double check with your parts source.
 
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