[Healeys] FW: Rear Wheel Brake Cylinder

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Happened to me. The solution was to replace the brake lines, clutch line, master cylinder, slave cylinder and flex hoses. Thank god Mr. Finespanner was still alive. Everything went on in a day. Brakes and clutch worked better than new.

John Sims
www.healey6.com
Matawan, NJ

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys
Sent: Monday, March 15, 2021 3:25 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rear Wheel Brake Cylinder

It may be time to overhaul the complete brake system and renew the brake lines and hoses. This looks like a massive contamination of water possibly due to not replacing the brake fluid regularly.

As rust was noticed in the fluid you may assume there is rust in the lines, thus unsafe at all times. Its a fairly straight forward job, not very costly. Use Cunifer or similar. Also check the bores and seals in the pistons, callipers and MBC.

Kees Oudesluijs

Op 15-3-2021 om 20:07 schreef R. Lindsay via Healeys:
> Listers -
>
> The right rear cylinder on my 67 BJ8 has a small leak and I am going to replace it. When I removed it, I noticed several small whitish/clear “beads” on and around the unit.
>
> As I drained the fluid, I noticed, at the beginning, the fluid had rust in it. As it continued to flow, the liquid turned clear with the viscosity of water. Thereafter, it looked like clean fluid.
>
> 1.  Does the fluid show any additional issues I should look into?
> 2.  What do the small beads represent?
>
> I will flush the system before I refill the reservoir, bleed the brakes and get back on the road.
>
> Thank you in advance!!
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> Price Lindsay
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