Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:50:21 -0700
Reply-To: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: waste no time rebuilding
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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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