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MG MGA - Noisy front brake

On my 1600, a have a noise problem on my front RH brakes which has been there for some time, and I've been unable to trace the cause. When travelling along a rough/bumpy sealed road, a loud squeal develops on every revolution of the wheel...when I lightly touch the brake pedal, the noise disappears until the next uneven section of road. It appears to be the pads (fairly new) or even the spring clip, but these appear to be normal. Any suggestions please?
Gary Lock

Do you have any anti squeal tape to try behind the pads? Do you have an old set of pads you can put into try? What about giving them 10 crash stops from 100 kpm to ensure they are bedded in.
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

I don't think you would ever stop from 100 kpm Mike!
ArtPearse

Sounds like dust off new brakes which haven't bedded in properly yet.I always,always bed in new tyres and brakes for some 500 miles.I had a nasty experience once with a brand new tyre which luckily I was bedding in so going reasonably slowly( 50 mph).Bed brakes in gently and they will produce dust but give them a hard stopping every now and then to stop any " glazing" setting in on the face of the pads.Always works for me on any type of car.
M Blencowe

When I said "fairly new", they have been in for a couple of years, and have probably done over 1000K, so it's not the "newness" of the pads.It just seems like the alignment of one of the pads gets "out of whack" under a slight bump, and a touch of the pedal corrects it. I'll try some adhesive on them.
Gary Lock

Art, MGAs are pretty quick down this way! at the lower speed of 100 kph should be okay.
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

Gary

Check the tension on the spring clip. Sounds like the problem I had while travelling The Great Ocean road, luckily at the end of the journey. The spring clip lost tension and the retaining pin fell out along with the clip.

Russell
R J Goebel

This thread was discussed on 29/03/2015

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