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On 3 Sep 2005 at 17:42, type3weezer@comcast.net wrote: > > Have you changed to a tandem MC? If still simplex, then I'd expect the 143.5mm > > number to be the right one, but IIRC, there was a +/- 5mm variation possible > > with that one. > > Haven't changed to a tandem. I will make this work!!! Attaboy! ;-) > > I'd suggest buying a cheap cylinder hone and smoothing down your old > > cylinder bores as a first step. You can do this in place and it only > > takes a minute to do. Then clean the inner parts, inspect the edges > > of the rubber seals, and reassemble. This almost always works and is > > a good idea even on old cylinders which seem fine, but which have > > perceptable roughness, from corrosion, inside the bore. > All cylinders have been honed smooth. One of them honed too much, > henceforth the slight leaking of fluid. I will be readjusting the > brakes today and testing the pedal. If this does not work, I'm going > back to the cylinders too see if there is another leaker. It's really hard to imagine honing one of them too much. A hone is a pretty slow cutting tool and getting more than 2-3 thousandths oversize is pretty hard to imagine. How big do you think this might be? Is it possible that the cups in there are the wrong size? Or that they are just so worn, or old, that they no longer have the flexibility to reach out to the wall any more? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~