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MG TD TF 1500 - Alfin Style Brake Drums

Have the Alfin style brake drums ever been made for the TD/TF series? TA/TB/TC are available, but curious if they are available for the TD/TF series. PJ



Paul S Jennings

Paul, try Bob Granau in Canada.
Tom Maine

He has TA/TC and MGA Alfins, but not TD/TF.

Tom Lange
t lange

Bob has Alfin drums for the TC, TD and TF.

He has been making these for many years and used a set on his racing TC.

There is a lot of engineering that goes into these drums so that the cast iron band doesn't slip under hard braking, and so that heat dissipation is complete.

Bob can be reached at 905 274-4136 and grunau.garage@sympatico.ca

Gord Clark
Rockburn, Qué.
Gordon A Clark

Gord - interesting - Bob just last week sent me a list of what he has for sale, and TD/TF Alfins are not there. On a TC they will make a huge difference; but I once owned a TD with original Alfin's, and there was no obvious difference in braking.

Paul - please let us know!

Tom Lange
t lange

Tom, I did not know if Bob had them for TD/TF or not . he has a lot of stuff, I know that.
Tom Maine

There is a fresh price list from Bob Grunau on the home page of Ttalk.info No Alfin drums are available for TD or TFT. Bud
Bud Krueger

Emailed Bob and if no reply, I'll call him. Thanks guys for the info. PJ
Paul S Jennings

Question, Do the Alfin drums take the stock shoes or larger? PJ
Paul S Jennings

Hi Paul
I have had a set of Bob's Alfin drums for seven years now .They have worked flawlessly They do take stock brake shoes and assembly

K. McKenzie

I have Bob's Alfin on my TF and they look and run just great! Bob said they should not improve things much for everyday driving, but the brakes never worked so good as when I installed the Alfins.
K E MURPHY

It seems as if you have to be running wire wheels to use the Alfins. Am I correct that that Alfins fitted to the TD above are simply the same drums that would have been used on a TC. Or is there a set that was designed for TDs/TFs with wire wheel conversions.

I wonder if they were ever designed for TD/TF with disc wheels?

I would love to have them for my cars - but they are not cheap!
DLD

Not Very Close, but this is a pic of my TF with ALfins
Keith

K E MURPHY

This thread was discussed between 05/05/2014 and 11/05/2014

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