Thanks for the advice.
You obviously haven't seen my paint, stripping would be a service ;)
I looked up apple hydraulics based on someone else's recommendation, but the
rebuild is more than the new parts. Is there a reason that rebuilt would be
better than replaced?
Jeremiah
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From: Brian Jones [mailto:tr4zest@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:37 PM
To: jeremiah@curryclan.net; email list
Subject: Re: master and slave cylinder repair or replace
Jermiah - what GREAT thing to inherit and keep in the family, you lucky guy.
On the hydraulics, my priority would be:
1) If no obvious pits, or wear lines that you can catch a nail in, install
new seals.
2) If obvious pits/wear lines, or the news seals don't 'seal', mail part to
Apple Hydraulics or White Post. The repaired part should last longer than
you will. They re-bore it and insert a brass sleeve. Not cheap, but
worthwhile. New seals will then be OK, so $30 not wasted.
3) As a last resort, buy replacement part(s).
In doing all this, consider switching to silicone. Do a search here and make
an informed decision... I switched after a failed seal caused a fair bit of
paint damage. Silicon is benign to paint (relatively speaking; at least it
isn't a paint striper in its spare time, unlike DOT 4).
Brian
Valley Forge, PA
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