On 20 May 2008 at 10:25, russw wrote:
We had some stuff, but like you said it would go bad sitting around.
When I rebuild a cylinder here, there is a small packet of a vasoline
type paste that comes in the ATe master cylinder kits. I save those and
use them with wheel cylinders. If I don't have that, I just use brake
fluid to reassemble parts.
Okay, so no one ever told you what was in the official paste?
I think the ATe packets contain a silicone grease. It's compatable
with the rubber and it doesn't absorb brake fluid. Brake fluid is
perfectly compatable with the rubber, but when it absorbs water it
tends to promote corrosion.
I use Dow-Corning #33 silicone grease, medium consistency, which
seems to work well, but I've wondered if I could add something to it
that would help retard corrosion. I was thinking that zinc powder
might work by acting like the surfaces were galvanized. It may be
hard to buy zinc powder, however, because I think it's quite
flammable.
I'm now on my 2nd tube of #33, but a tube would last most people a
lifetime. It's actually quite a large tube, about the size of a jumbo
tube of toothpaste.
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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