Personally Gary, I always have felt that brakes are kinda important and that
having any kind of doubts about the equipment is not a good thing. If there
is any question, I would get thenm rebuilt and sleeved.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Nafziger" <nafzigerg@yahoo.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 6:47 PM
Subject: [TR] master cylinder fix
>I had posted to the list concerning rebuild kits I'd installed in tr-3
>(girling)
> master cylinders which had been so tight they stuck when pushed in.
>
> I decided to simply buy new master cylinders but then thought if I was
> going to
> pitch the old ones, might as well fiddle with them more and see what
> happens.
> One of them was looser than the other so I started there and honed a
> little more
> and it worked much better. The other one took lots more honing but
> eventually
> it also now works well. I'm going to use them and watch them carefully.
> The
> only concern I have is that I might have honed too much (or didn't get the
> inside honed evenly) which might result in earlier failure. Wondering if
> anyone
> on the list has done this or has a warning for me concerning the fix.
> Just thought it might be helpful to share what I tried.
>
> gary n.
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