Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:56:07 -0700
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: waste no time rebuilding
In-Reply-To: <40D1C9D4.7090506@bellsouth.net>
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John, adding one last thing
When it comes to the hydralics a good flush now
and then is will worth the effort. New is best,
rebuilt only if you are short cash or in a pinch and
never ever try to rebuild yourself unless you enjoy
doing a job twice. gary
--- John Rodgers <jh_rodgers@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I agree here.
>
> Waste no time on rebuilds on small components. They
> are a PITA!
>
> I had to replace the brake master, clutch master,
> and the rear brake
> cylinders. I went for "new" parts. No remanufactured
> stuff. In my case I
> got brand new from Ken Wilford at Vanagain.Com. In
> other cases I have
> gotten brand new from Ron Salmon at Bus Depot. I
> have had good service
> from both.
>
> I expect to keep my van a very, very long time, and
> I hate having to
> repeat an action on it, especially one that is time
> consuming and
> aggravating. Changing the clutch and brake masters
> are not the easiest
> tasks in the world, though not that difficult. But I
> don't want to have
> to go there again. I expect to get a lot of miles on
> the new parts .....
> more than on rebuilt stuff. So I don't like to use
> re-built.
>
> However, as an old immigrant craftsman from the
> "Eastern Bloc" in Europe
> told me one time in a conversation " Do vot you
> t'ink is right and maybe
> it v'ill v'ork!!"
>
> But always carry spare parts just in case "it didn't
> v'ork!"
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> gary hradek wrote:
>
> >jonathan,
> > Installing is an easy job. May want to
> buy
> >the right size brake wrench for the brake fittings
> so
> >you get a better grip on the fittings. Check
> around
> >for a local rebuild. I was in a pinch and got
> mine
> >at Kragens. Stilling going two years later. I
> >think it is a lifetime master. Spend the extra
> time
> >you have bleeding the system and checking your rear
> >cylinder. Oh yes, if you wheel cylinders are
> leaking
> >waste no time rebuilding. regards gary
> >Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 02:30:45 -0400
> >From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
> >Subject: Brake Master Rebuild
> >
> >so i would like to get the opinion of the people
> out
> >there that have
> >rebuilt vanagon brake master cylinders. this is my
> >situation, on
> >monday i
> >had to make a super panic stop with a load and
> >internally blew the
> >seals
> >in my master cylinder. the history of the van is
> >this. the master is
> >probably factory (84). it worked well for the year
> >that i pushed it
> >hard
> >including mountain passes and such. it showed no
> >signs of internal
> >bleed
> >down before the sudden failure. the whole system
> was
> >flushed twice
> >last
> >year. one very through flush when i put the van on
> >the road and once
> >about five months later during a clutch master r&r.
> >
> >i drove the van with the internally leaky seals for
> >about another
> >hundred
> >miles to get it home. i would guess that there is
> not
> >much pitting in
> >the
> >casting given the good performance over the last
> year
> >and the fact that
> >it
> >was flushed twice during that interval. my theory
> is
> >that the old
> >seals
> >gave out under the sudden drastic pressure, so this
> >"should" be a
> >decent
> >core to rebuild.
> >
> >my question is if you have rebuilt a vanagon master
> >cylinder how long
> >did
> >you get out of your rebuild and what did your
> cylinder
> >look like inside
> >when you took it apart? if you have rebuilt
> cylinders
> >to but on the
> >shelf
> >for spares what lube did you use as brake fluid is
> >hydroscopic and will
> >attract water and promote corrosion?
> >
> >jonathan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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