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rear brakes: caliper and Brake pad issues!

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after 5 years of watching this thing sit around, doing nothing but taunt me and call me a failure, that may be the best advice i've received to date.

Nah, get a 1.8 Miata and a MSM turbo...

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Originally Posted by peejay
I wanted an MGB-GT but found the '80 relatively close to me and very cheap. I'd say that probably worked out too
i just sold my MGB, it was too good a deal not to buy, but its a bit dull and mushy, its a 1980 model.
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reviving this just to bring a close to the chapter ... and ask for a part number or two.

i bought a new (i think it was actually a remanufactured unit) caliper for it sometime last autumn. i finally made some time to mess with it last night and everything went together perfectly. i torqued the wheel down and it turns freely with no signs of any hangups at all. all is well. i just need to do a good flush and bleed through the whole system now.

what i would like now is if someone can post the part number(s) for the solid lines that i'm missing up front. i learned from one of Clokker's threads (i think) that the 5-lugs cars have a solid extension line up front. i tried looking them up at one of the online Mazda dealers i buy parts from, but so far no luck. at any rate, i want to get them so i can finish up the braking system.

as always, thanks to everyone.
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If you have an inside micrometer measure distance, on each caliper, from piston to outer part of caliper.
May be able to get an idea if there is any difference using a "ruler" broken down into 32nd's.
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