OK, so I guess it's possible that if the cylinder walls are OK or
they get properly resleeved a rebuilt booster CAN go more than 10K
miles.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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> Bob -
>
> Mine didn't last because the cylinder wall was shot
> and at that time (late 80's) there was no one who was
> sleeving these things.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alan
>
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
>
> --- Bob Spidell <bspidell@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > Begs the question ...
> >
> > Why will they work for 120,000+ miles over 30+
> > years--mine did--then only
> > go 10,000 after a proper rebuild (inc. re-sleeving
> > if necessary).
> >
> > I'm presuming this isn't because of the cylinder
> > wall hardness breaking down
> > or being destroyed by honing, which we've
> > established is a no-no.
> >
> >
> > bs
> > ********************************************
> > Bob Spidell San Jose, CA
> > bspidell@pacbell.net
> > '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey
> > 100M
> > ********************************************
> >
> >
> > > Bob -
> > >
> > > All that means is you probably have 3,500 miles
> > left
> > > until you have to re-build the booster again!
> > >
> > > I rebuilt my old BJ8 brake booster two times...
> > each
> > > time it worked great, but only lasted about 10,000
> > > miles. Finally got fed up and bought the PBR
> > > diaphram unit... that's been working flawlessley
> > now
> > > for 10 years.
> > >
> > > The rebuild shops can resleeve a unit if
> > necessary....
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
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