In a message dated 05/02/2007 8:49:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: I replaced the wheel cylinders on my wife's 86 this past summer. They were unbranded from a local import parts shop. One started leaking in November so I replaced it with a German one from Van Cafe. The other one failed a month later. Replaced with a local unbranded because I needed it now. 5 weeks later that one is leaking again. Am I buying a lot of junk, or is there something else going on? I'm getting way too good at replacing these things in the cold weather.
Roger, sounds like junk cylinders to me. Get good known brands. One thing I would check though is your brake fluid. Is it Dot 4 ? Is it clean ? If it is old it may have a lot of condensation in it which is causing rusting of the cylinder walls which in turn wearing out the piston seals rater quickly. If you have not flushed and refilled your brake fluid in the past two years, I would advise you to do that. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley _Frank Condelli & Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://members.ao l.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10, 2007 |
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