[TR] master and slave cylinder repair or replace

Jeremiah Curry jeremiah at curryclan.net
Thu Nov 11 19:12:27 MST 2010


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 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:37 PM
To: jeremiah at 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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