Re: [T3] New or rebuilt?

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 13 Apr 99, at 8:47, Phil Dillard wrote:

> I have rebuilt the wheel brake cylinders with satisfactory results, but
> have never tried to do the master brake cylinder.
> 
> Out of academic curiosity more than anything else (since I am purchasing a
> new cylinder), what is involved in rebuilding a master cylinder that is
> not involved in rebuilding the wheel cylinder?  I might want to try it
> some day... as another manifestation of the universal death wish...

The MC has a lot more parts, especially the tandems, and you can put 
them together wrong. There is also a stop bolt that has to be 
installed without damaging anything. If you already know how to clean 
out and hone a wheel cylinder then that part is the same, just more 
of it.

> Side note:  In 40 years of owning VWs of all kinds, this is the first time
> I have ever had to replace a master brake cylinder.  Tough little things,
> aren't they?

Yes, but I think you've been lucky. Unless you use Silicone brake 
fluid, I find that the MCs tend to last less than 10 years between 
rebuilds.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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