MG Midget J1 1933 Instruction Manual page 20

Independent adjustment. Should it be nec'essary to adjust the Brakes
independently this can be done by means of adjusting screws fitted to the
cable stops o n the axle back plates. At this point o n the cables a rubber dirt
excluder is fitted in the form of a rubber tube, and this tube is mounted on
what is actually the locknut for this adjustment.
By undoing this locknut the cable stop can be adjusted o n its thread by
the amount required and the locknut re-tightened.
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TCI r i g l i l r ~ thc brakes
[he thumb nuts should be turned in
;l
clockwise direction.
T h e whol,e of th,e brake cross shaft is lubricated from the dashwall
nipples, and in order to give perfect freedom for the rotation of the cross shaft,
i t is mounted at one end o n what are term'ed needle bearings. These are
shown in Illustration No.
9.
Should it ever become necessary to remove
the cross shaft, if care is exercised the entire bush of the needle bearings need
not be removed. T o re-assemble the n,eedle bearing the inner shaft should
be covered with grease and the bearings imbedded in it when it will be found
that they will stop in position in order that they can be inserted inside the
cable operating pulley.
It is necessary from time to time to remove the hrak'e drums in order to
clean out the brakes o r have them re-lined. T h e procedure is very simple.
Wh,en the wheel is r'emoved as shown in Illustration No.
12,
take off the nuts
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