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[ryan22_lgm]

fitted the new steering rack and removed all the wheels ready for new yokos

[bruders 338]

MiniAlex did you put any copper grease on the BACK of the pad where the piston push's against the pads... this helps

Edited by bruders 338, 10 April 2011 - 08:26 AM.

[Duncy H]

Fitted new break pads, but now the front breaks are squeeling?
Standard break discs, but with Mintex pads.... why does it squeek when I break ? It never did it before.....

As said before grease on the back of the pads helps prevent squeaking. It could just be that the pads need to be left to bed in. When they are first fitted it is likely that the pads are not set up perfectly squarley to the disc. If a small fraction of the pad touches first it will cause vibrations and therefore noise. Once they have worn square they should be fine (Y)

[bruders 338]

nothing exciting just replaced aux belt

also starting prep for spray job at end of the month

[imaparana]

Fitted new flip front and bonded on a new roof skin

[mattsminiresto]

Drove it, in the super shiny currant bun ! MINT, just what mini's are owned for.

[samsfern]

sealed the exhaust and drove it, what was suppose to be a half hour dash around the back lanes in the morning, ended up being a day out for me and a friend, went to look in a garage called sva imports that specialise in high performance jap imports, and we sat in a few of them, then drove up to a spot i know in dover, right up high, with a superb view of the docks and sea. sadly clobbered the exhust on the drive home, as went down some seriously bumpy lanes, so its now blowing again , other than that no problems, not even a misfire, im slowly swaying towards keeping the mini.

Edited by samsfern, 10 April 2011 - 08:33 PM.

[MiniAlex]

Fitted new break pads, but now the front brakes are squeeling?
Standard break discs, but with Mintex pads.... why does it squeek when I break ? It never did it before.....

As said before grease on the back of the pads helps prevent squeaking. It could just be that the pads need to be left to bed in. When they are first fitted it is likely that the pads are not set up perfectly squarley to the disc. If a small fraction of the pad touches first it will cause vibrations and therefore noise. Once they have worn square they should be fine (Y)

Thank you for the advice
I didn't put any copper grease on the back's of the pads, I've never heard of doing that before! It only squeels when I come to a stop, if I press the brakes hard it doesn't squeel, but if I gentle on the brakes, thats when it seems to make the noise.
I will take the pads out tomorrow and put a bit of cooper grease on the back of the pads, I hope it stops them squeeling! I had great succsess today and managed to fit my new rear break shoes (also got mintex) now my handbreak is much better and the brakes in generall seem to be really good

Thanks again. Will let you know if it works!
Alex

[Southy]

Spent 7 hours giving the car a detail ready to go up for sale.

[new_zealand _minis]

well my mg metro blew its gearbox . so i have sometihing to do now. apart from paint my mini put supercharged motor back together

[ccfc]

...Almost hit it with a sledgehammer after hours/days/weeks of trying to get the horn and flasher to work, buying a new fusebox and other parts. Today I almost resigned to taking it to a garage, then just before I gave up, rewired her for one last time....and she beeped and flashed.

It's like she knew I was on the brink of 'mini-hatred'. Had to give her a thank-you peck on the steering wheel. Swarfega time!

[backstreetclassics]

today i fixed the speado change the rubbers on the lower engine steady adjusted all the engine steadys to try and stop the engine from moving stoped it a bit but still moves when under load

[Cooperman]

Put my earplugs in and too the Cooper 'S' for its MoT.
Lovely to drive in the sunshine.

[davies145]

went down a really bumpy country lane in my lowered mini wasnt the best idea going 2 mph and its ripping my exhaust off the whole time, now needing to fix it.

Ashley

[carts60]

Got around to fitting my smoothy boot - only a year and a half after I bought it. Good things come to those who wait.

Most frustrating thing i'v ever done in my life though! All the holes were in the wrong place, its so thick that I couldnt put the nuts on the hinge threads. Its thickness also means it wont close unless you cut away half of the rubber seal.

Finished now though so its all good in the hood.