MG
The Classic Marque

I have re assembled the front brakes again using both ceramic grease and pencil graphite and yes it did need a bit of careful driving after for a while. Have only done about forty miles since and had no squealing for most of those miles but towards the end of my trip some squealing was strarting to be heard again. I have purchased another different brand of pads which will be the third set and wil...

Dave O'N, the driven plate is not marked. While I was on the phone to another Sprite expert, he unwrapped a brand new driven plate he happened to have and that wasn't marked either. I remember that they always used to be, but no longer it seems. Over 55 years I have always fitted them with the long side of the boss towards the gearbox, which is the reverse of what the manual says.

Dave B,...

The word very much IS hypocrisy Willy. You're dead right about the perfectly rational and legitimate use of all legal means to reduce one's tax bill. But Rayner and her fellow loony hypocrite socialists, carped on and contiunue to carp, about others who did it, and now want a free pass when they do it.

A game Bill? Yes, exactly. Manipulating the electorate for personal and party interests...

Chasing down lost motion, remind me if you have already checked the pedal bush and linkage and measured the piston stroke at the master cylinder end? Is there more travel to be had there? Pivot holes can wear to an oval.

Likewise, is the hydraulic hose good and definitely not expanding under pessure?

don't think hypocrisy is the word an. Any wise business or individual who doesn't try to minimise their tax debt is just throwing money away.

I put non-foaming motor cycle oil in my Jackall system in 1997 ... and have done no further maintenance on it since then. Admittedly I had also rebuilt my pump prior to doing that.

Bjlp I would say stay with the recommended solution as there isnt much point in silicon to be honest.

Paul

No such thing as a trivial question in my opinion Bjlp - if you (or someone else) asks a question it is because you need and answer and so in my opinion it is important to try to answer that for the questioner.

Yes the boot hinge has definitely been butchered! I hope you can find an answer from Richard soon. If he no longer has any I will investigate the opportunity for getting somethin...

With these clutches I have found that over-thick linings result in the thrust pad (in the centre of the diaphragm) coming into contact with the driven plate before the latter is fully released. Any further movement then pushes the driven plate onto the flywheel. Unusual, but can happen.

To check, seeing as everything is out, put some bearing blue on the front face of the pad (the one f...

More to come out yet. Let's see what happens.

Burnham is smart enough - I think he'd become more moderate if he got PM. Labour need much better communications - currently hopeless.

Well, politics you know. Reckon any party would do what's needed to move things in the right direction for them. All you gotta do is play the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D6_5O-nUiZ_...

A search for the driven plate thickness got an AI answer of 7.2mm to 8mm which sounds about right, I was thinking 5/16". The friction faces need to be pressed together such as with soft jaws in a vice when making the measurement.