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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - midget brake cylinder

Dear all been a while since i used the site hope you can help, very simple i have spent the last hour and a half trying to prize on the retaining circlip at the back of the rear wheel cylinder of my 1500 with not even a sniff that i am getting close, any tips that might help,

PS: working off axle stands.

regards

Douglas
df mccabe

Paul Hunt made up a tool for doing this. See it here http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/braketext.htm#eclip
Mike Howlett

Bend the clip slightly so one end points a little away fron the backplate.
Now you should be able to get one end and the center piece under the ridge.
Use a screw driver to fit the last end under.

Done in 2 minutes

My record time for replacing one cylinder including jacking and wheel removal and refitting is about 10 minutes
Onno Könemann

C-clips provided these days are too small. I broke both last time redoing the rear brakes. Re-use the old ones.
Alex G Matla

retaining rings and spring washers that are very close to the original factory ones, and as a bonus, are available in stainless steel:

Grainger #5DA81 = 11/16" external retaining ring, stainless steel. $12.94 (10)
Grainger #6ZA12 = 11/16" wave washer (3 wave), stainless steel. $16.42 (10)

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/static/products.html



Norm
Norm Kerr

dear all

many thanks for the assistance in the end i used a combination of onnos method with the old clip. As suggested the new clip was too thick and would not flex enough to be placed.

Many thanks Douglas
df mccabe

This thread was discussed between 02/06/2011 and 04/06/2011

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