I would have to agree with John:
I'm as cheap as the next person,
when it comes to saving money on roadster parts....
But stopping the car is a GOOD THING.....
remember we are driving cars with 30 year old parts.
Spending money on your brakes may save your life some day.
I would recommend replacing brake and clutch master cylinders
unless the aluminum bores look absolutely "like new".
John Atchison
69 2000
At 05:34 PM 6/3/03 -0700, John F Sandhoff wrote:
>You wrote:
> > I have a rebuild kit but have not been able to unscrew the two steel nuts..
> > ..I don't know how much punishment the pot-metal casting will take.
>
>It's not pot metal, it's aluminum. The galvanic reaction between the
>dissimilar metals pretty much 'weld' the pieces together. Sometimes
>brute force can get them apart.
>
>If the inner bore is at all scored or pitted, you'll not get the unit
>to properly seal even with a rebuild kit. If that's the case, you
>can get the unit resleeved or buy a new unit. Either option is
>way more cheaper than what happens when the rebuild fails and
>you lose your brakes :-(.
>
>-- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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