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I have no further info on this, just passing it along:
<https://www.the-vmc.com/>
Dear VMC Representative:
The good folks at CVAR have reported what is apparently *a very
widespread issue to the rear brakes shoes on the Austin Healey Sprites
(square body and bugeye) and the MG Midget cars* which share the same
rear brake shoe. A bad batch of bad "bonded" (not riveted) brake
linings have been reported to delaminate from the shoe causing massive
brake failures on a number of these cars. In one case, failure was
after one session on brand new set of brake shoes.
If you have a way to communicate this to your members who own these
cars, it would probably be a good idea to do so. If it is determined
the brake shoe manufacturer or supplier is at fault, we'll so advise.
But in the meantime, inspection (and replacement?) is highly recommended.
Many of you may not even realize that VMC has maintained a */"Mechanical
Failures List"/* over the years. The above issue has been added to that
list. You can download the updated entire list of known failures here
<https://www.the-vmc.com/hostedfiles/VMC-Mechanical Failures List.pdf>.
It might be well to forward it to the person in charge of your tech
inspections as a reminder of these many known issues, including this
latest addition.
<https://www.the-vmc.com/>
Dear VMC Representative:
The good folks at CVAR have reported what is apparently *a very
widespread issue to the rear brakes shoes on the Austin Healey Sprites
(square body and bugeye) and the MG Midget cars* which share the same
rear brake shoe. A bad batch of bad "bonded" (not riveted) brake
linings have been reported to delaminate from the shoe causing massive
brake failures on a number of these cars. In one case, failure was
after one session on brand new set of brake shoes.
If you have a way to communicate this to your members who own these
cars, it would probably be a good idea to do so. If it is determined
the brake shoe manufacturer or supplier is at fault, we'll so advise.
But in the meantime, inspection (and replacement?) is highly recommended.
Many of you may not even realize that VMC has maintained a */"Mechanical
Failures List"/* over the years. The above issue has been added to that
list. You can download the updated entire list of known failures here
<https://www.the-vmc.com/hostedfiles/VMC-Mechanical Failures List.pdf>.
It might be well to forward it to the person in charge of your tech
inspections as a reminder of these many known issues, including this
latest addition.