Dear friends
I took the IRS out of car and I’m in process of reassembling brake calipers with re sleeved original cylinders from white post.
However I notice the cylinder rubber is very close ( less than 1/8 “). To the brake pad support plate. The plate edge is sharp and it looks that when brake will be engaged and rubber expands it will rub on the plate.
Has anyone had a problem here? I wonder if a real early car needs a special narrower rubber on the brake cylinder. Thanks for your insight
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the steel plates are normally curved, maybe not very easy to see here, but they look to me correctly fitted. The rubber boot does not extend too much when in use.
At least, this is how these were fitted on my car since 2 years now and no issue.
Yes, the rubber boots when brake is engaged look like they will rub on the plate .and plate has a sharp edge. All I have to put this project together are two jaguar manuals one by Bentley and the other by Haynes but there is no details or pictures
Has anyone done rear brakes on an early 3.8 E?
I understand these cars were hand built at the beginning
Robin the part of the piston that engages the pad has two flats, one to clear the pad stop, the plate referred to, and the other diametrically opposed flat that clears the pad retaining clip.
Ralph.
The plates (pad stops) are not curved they are flat, they get bent if you are ham fisted when trying to extract worn pads.
Andy
The part of the dust seal in view has little movement, it’s the center of the seal which moves.
If the rubber seal does not extend out when brake is engaged then i should be ok . I will go as is and
Hope for years of trouble free service now that all cylinders are sleeved
Thanks for all your help
Very correct Peter, in curved I meant the sides that slide in the grooves.
Otto, here you can see the assembly if you have not seen this before: https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#/uk/FindParts/Families/E-Type ~2F XKE/3/E-Type S1 3.8 DHC/79/BRAKING/1179/assembly/20420